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Gow the Head Hunter (1928)

1928 · Feature film · 70 min · dir. Edward A. Salisbury

THE SEASON'S SENSATION PRESENTED IN PERSON BY CAPT. E.A. SALISBURY - AUTHOR AND FAMOUS EXPLORER

  • Documentary

Synopsis

Captain Edward A. Salisbury was a noted millionaire explorer and writer, whose exploration stories of the islands of the South Seas Pacific appeared often in "The National Geographic," and other magazines in the early part of the 20th-century, spent 18 months exploring the New Hebrides islands where head-hunting and cannibalism was practiced by some of the natives. The footage shot by Captain Edward A. Salisbury was put together to make this film. Captain Salisbury explained that 'gow' was the…

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Details

Director
Edward A. Salisbury
Writer
Edward A. Salisbury
Cinematography
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Studio
Salisbury Productions
Released
1928-12-24
Running time
70 minutes

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