African Hunt

This 1912 film, produced by Paul Rainey himself was a groundbreaking documentary featuring the hunting expedition on the "Dark Continent".

Listing in the Internet Movie Database

Mentioned as the initial film of the popular African game-hunting style
from Will Hudson's bio-"Adopting the style of African game-hunting films, which had been popular since Paul Rainey's 1912 African Hunt"


Has successful run at the American Museum of Natural History.
...unexpectedly large audiences ...thirteen month commercial run on Broadway...

The Producer of "African Hunt", Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Studios.
Although he made the successful 100,000-foot documentary, Paul J. Rainey's African Hunt in 1912, he declined to finance a major film ...



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