Savage Gold
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Commander George M. Dyott
Commander George M. Dyott
Captain Harold Auten
Harold Auten
James C. Bradford
Richard Mack
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Commander George M. Dyott and other explorers brave the wild jungles in the Xingu region of Brazil and Ecuador on a manhunt. Along the way they encounter a witch doctor and savage headhunters among the Jivaro Indians. Despite their efforts, the man for whom they have searched is dead.
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According to the August 1, 1933 Variety review, a written prologue that introduced the story claimed that "there was no cameraman on the trip." Although copyright records note that Savage Gold is a documentary of Commander George M. Dyott's expedition to Ecuador and Brazil, The Variety review describes it more as an exploitation drama.
According to information in copyright records, Dyott was an American-born, British-educated explorer who shot the film himself. Copyright records and a biographical sketch in the 1934 Motion Picture Almanac relate that Captain Harold Auten was born in England and worked in several capacities in the motion picture business, both in England and the United States. The sketch further relates that Auten became the European representative for RKO-Pathé in 1931 and "returned to New York" when the company merged with RKO Radio Pictures. The September 23, 1933 issue of The Picturegoer lists the film as 51 min. long and distributed by Pathé in Great Britain. No distributor has been located for its American release.
