SHE, 1935
Movie Review

Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads out with family friend Horace Holly to try to discover the land and its secret of immortality, said to be contained within a mystic fire. Picking up Tanya, a guide's daughter, in the frozen Russian arctic, they stumble upon Kor, revealed to be a hidden civilization ruled over by an immortal queen, called She, who believes Vincey is her long-lost lover John Vincey, Leo's ancestor.

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REVIEW:

This 1935 film version was the sixth film adaptation of H. Rider Haggard classic fantasy novel She. It’s a film that She herself (Helen Gahagan) may have wished was never made.

This film version was produced by King Kong’s Merian C. Copper, directed by Lansing C. Holden and Irving Pichel and adapted by Ruth Rose. It starred screen legend Randolph Scott as Leo Vincey, Nigel Bruce (Dr. Watson of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films), Helen Mack and Helen Gahagan as the titular She.

Leo Vincey and Dr. Horace Holly (Nigel Bruce) go on an expedition to the Arctic in search of a potential way to prolong life, perhaps immortality. There they discover a lost city and Vincey comes face to face with She, who believes Vincey is the reincarnation of his ancestor, returned to her after five hundred years.

She is a story of immortality, eternal love and damnation. This film version tries it’s best to live up to those themes, but often falls flat. The writing is weak and the main plot is thin. The characters are not fleshed out and don’t come across as three-dimensional people we should emotionally care about.

Helen Gahagan gives a good performance and Randolph Scott does the best he can with the material provided. Unfortunately other performances are not up to par.

The greatest assets to this film are its set design. The sets for the lost city are excellent and look like the ancient city they are supposed to be.

She is a decent, rousing 30’s adventure film that was good for its day, but it badly dated for the 21 century.

Cooper and RKO picture had great hopes for this film, but it failed to live up to Cooper’s earlier Masterpiece King Kong.

This was Helen Gahagan only film performance.

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