Treasure of the Golden Condor

Treasure of the Golden Condor
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Directed by	Delmer Daves
Written by	Delmer Daves
Based on	Benjamin Blake; 1941 novel; by Edison Marshall
Produced by	Jules Buck
Starring	Cornel Wilde; Constance Smith; Finlay Currie; Walter Hampden; Anne Bancroft
Narrated by	Cornel Wilde
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Edited by	Robert L. Simpson
Music by	Sol Kaplan
Production; company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	February 4, 1953 (Los Angeles);
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,220,000
Box office	$1.2 million (US rentals)

Treasure of the Golden Condor is a 1953 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Delmer Daves, starring Cornel Wilde and Constance Smith, and released by Twentieth Century Fox.^[3] The film is a remake of the 1942 film Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake, which starred Tyrone Power. Both films were based on Benjamin Blake (1941), a novel by Edison Marshall.

Plot

Jean Paul (Cornel Wilde) is a Frenchman, who is cheated of his birthright by his deceitful uncle, Marquis de St Malo (George Macready).

Cast

Cornel Wilde as Jean Paul
Constance Smith as Clara MacDougal
Finlay Currie as MacDougal
Walter Hampden as Pierre Champlain
Anne Bancroft as Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo
George Macready as Marquis de St. Malo
Fay Wray as Annette, Marquise de St. Malo
Leo G. Carroll as Raoul Dondel
Konstantin Shayne as Father Benoit
House Peters as Magistrate (uncredited)
Robert Blake as Stable Boy (uncredited)
May Wynn as Maid (uncredited)
Harry Cording as Breton (uncredited)

Reception

In The New York Times, film critic Howard Thompson wrote:

Filmed in the splashiest kind of Technicolor amid eye-filling backgrounds, this Jules Buck production stacks up as any respectably wrought adventure romp should--pretty and constantly on the go ... thanks to the crisp pungency of Delmer Daves' script, his own elastic direction and at least two excellent performances by Leo G. Carroll and Mr. Wilde, no less. Also, by way of geographical novelty, the climactic third of the action features an absurd but lusciously scenic treasure hunt in the Mayan sector of Guatemala, filmed on the spot.^[4]

References

↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p248
↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
↑ "Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953) – Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
↑ Howard Thompson (May 23, 1953). ""Treasure of the Golden Condor" - Fox Technicolor Adventure Yarn, Opens at Globe". NYTimes.com. The New York Times.

External links

Treasure of the Golden Condor at IMDb
Treasure of the Golden Condor at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
Treasure of the Golden Condor at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Review of film at Variety

[1] Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p248

[2] 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954

[3] "Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953) – Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2018.

[4] Howard Thompson (May 23, 1953). ""Treasure of the Golden Condor" - Fox Technicolor Adventure Yarn, Opens at Globe". NYTimes.com. The New York Times.

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