Gow the headhunter / produced by Captain E. A. Salisbury ; photography by Thomas Middleton, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Merian C. Cooper.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Cooper, Merian C., director of photography.

Salisbury, Edward A., producer.

Schoedsack, Ernest B., 1893-1979, director of photography.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Silent film online.

Silent film online

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Cannibalism--Oceania.

Cannibalism.

Oceania--Civilization.

Oceania.

Civilization.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (61 min.)

Other Title:

Cannibal island

Gow the killer

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : Flicker Alley, [2012]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Gow is not only a true curiosity but also in many ways a key influence of later Cooper and Schoedsack productions including King Kong. The footage in Gow was produced by Edward A. Salisbury, a wealthy British adventurer, who in 1920 set sail in an 80-ton yacht equipped with a motion picture laboratory to, in his words, 'catch and hold for history a photo record of the fast-disappearing races of the South Seas Islands.' Cooper and Schoedsack were among the cameramen on this two-year expedition that documented genuine head-hunters and cannibals along its route. The material was originally released as four separate films in the silent era and was consolidated as the film Gow, The Headhunter for an illustrated lecture by expedition member William Peck. Peck recorded his own cringe-inducing commentary in 1931.

Participant:

Narrated by William Peck.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed June 11, 2015).

OCLC:

911733449

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.