Talk:King Solomon's Mines (movie)
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Out of curiosity, Sjc, what do you intend to put at King Solomon's Mines? --Brion
Er, the book on which the film was based. I didn't even know that one of the most significant reads of my childhood had been filmed. There are also the historical (perhaps real) King Solomon's mines at (perhaps) Timna... Curiosity satisfied? user:sjc
The mines are mines, not Mines, so far as I know. Are the book and films so wildly unrelated that it makes sense to give them separate articles? At the moment the novel article is just a cropped-down version of the movie article that doesn't give as many credits. I wouldn't separate Ronald Reagan into Ronald Reagan (actor) and Ronald Reagan (politician), would you? ;) It seems like a duplication of effort for little benefit. --Brion
They have virtually no correlation in terms of plot. Moreover KSM is a significant work of literature. The film has no real bearing on what most people who have read the book think it's about and a distance is more than warranted. user:sjc
- Very well. In that case, "A film was made of the book in 1950 which won the Oscar for Best Film, and an article about it may be found here. There was a later film starring Kathleen Turner." should perhaps be clarified! --Brion
I didn't put the bit about Kathleen Turner in. Someone edited it while I was tidying the links up. The edit DID NOT APPEAR in Recent Changes. Is this a bug? user:sjc
- Didn't appear when? Before the change was made, or after? ;) It's there now, it just occurred shortly before you went in to make your change (and likely after you had last loaded Recentchanges). However my point was not about Kathleen Turner, my point was that it says "A film was made of the book", while you're telling me the film and book "have virtually no correlation in terms of plot". --Brion
