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Hunting Big Game in Africa (1909)
Directed by Otis Turner, Frank Boggs
Adventure · 25m
Promoted as authentic safari footage, this early Selig production stages a lion hunt in California rather than Africa. Using animals from Selig’s game preserve and employing a Roosevelt look-alike for cutaways, the film presented itself as a record of Theodore Roosevelt’s celebrated expedition. In reality, it was one of the earliest “fake documentaries,” blending staged action and exotic branding to satisfy audience demand for Roosevelt’s big-game exploits.
Crew
- Director
- Otis Turner, Frank Boggs
Details
- Release date
- 1909-05-21
- Runtime
- 25m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Selig Polyscope Company