Coveted East Indies, The (Part II) (1938)

★★★★★ · More Fascinating Than Part 1 · Poohbah70 · 2019-09-26

Wonderful! Great color photography, considering the time and place. Part II has great images of men and women at work at native crafts - book illustration of a sort, carving by men, designing of cloth by women and dyeing by men. Great credit must go to Deane Dickason, a native of Colorado in the U.S. who was responsible for producing 13 shorts, directing 7 others and writing two of the 20 - not including "Coveted East India Parts I and II" (IMDb, which does not mention the two "Coveted East India" shorts). Kudos to Deane Dickason. If you liked this one, it is imperative you view "The Coveted…

★★★★ · No wonder it's coveted! · Spuzz · 2003-08-06

This gorgeously colorful (silent) film seems to be split in two. The first part seems to of be the "Oh look how rich we are" variety. We see many rich (white) people frolucking around, sitting sown, reading, getting served this ridiculous meal, servants waiting to serve them, and in one awesome scene, a white boy is compared to a Indonesian worker boy. It's an unnerving scene. The 2nd half, except for a rather bunch of naval scenes (woo! Mine laying!) seems to get off it's rich kick, and more focus on the people and the industry. Some gorgeous photography is shown here, with some fascinating…