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Stanley and Livingstone

1939 · 101 min

A stately old-fashioned adventure that sweeps you along on a grand expedition and quietly moves you with its earnest sense of purpose.

Directed by: Henry King, Otto Brower
Genres: Adventure, History
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene

Tagline: He succeeded in the maddest quest in History...because one girl believed in him!
Overview: When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.

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Directed by: Henry King, Otto Brower
Genres: Adventure, History
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: exploration
faith
identity
obsession
redemption
Places: wilderness
big city
sea
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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