Cherry Kearton
Directing
Biography
Cherry Kearton (8 July 1871 – 27 September 1940), was a British naturalist and filmmaker. He was the World's earliest and most influential wildlife photographers and writers, know as the first man to hunt wildlife with a camera, not a rifle. He developed innovative methods to photograph animals in the wild and, in 1895, published the first natural history book to be entirely illustrated by wild photographs.
Known For
When a wayward nun, Megildis, deserts her convent with a knight, a statue of the Virgin Mary comes to life and takes place of Megildis, who makes her way through the world and its many vicissitudes.
The Miracle
Silent documentary about the Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition, featuring Theodore Roosevelt in the wilds of East Africa, in parts of what are now Kenya and Uganda.
Roosevelt in Africa
Various shots of the Coronation procession for King George V.
The Coronation of King George V
The peculiar trait of the cuckoo, which tricks another bird into hatching her egg for her, is shown in color photography.
The Sedge Warbler and the Cuckoo
Inguti, an old African chief, recalls his life as a young hunter. He sets out to find food for the forthcoming feast. On reaching the shore of Fire Mountain lake he finds dead fish which he believes to be an ill omen. On his return, he warns the witch doctor that the land is cursed, but his warning is ignored and he is pronounced mad. While the tribe continue with the feast, Inguti leaves with his wife and small son.
Tembi
A 1930 black and white nature documentary featuring the jackass penguins in their native haunt in the South West coast of Africa.
Dassan: An Adventure in Search of Laughter Featuring Nature's Greatest Little Comedians
A commissioner's influence causes a savage to buy European clothes and go to church.
A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization
Khartoum and Omdurman, the White Nile, the Fajoli people; Redjaf and Kassala; the Sennar dam and railway development, Port Sudan; the Sultan of Fallata; a ceremonial parade of Arab and Nuba chieftains.
Life in the Sudan
A record of the Kearton-Jones expedition to Kenya, in which Colonel Jones and his two cowboys lasso a variety of wild animals, including a lioness, a cheetah and rhinoceros.
Lassoing Wild Animals in Africa
A 1926 black and white documentary film compilation from naturalist and film pioneer Cherry Kearton of his time in Africa.
With Cherry Kearton in the Jungle
The antics of Sally, a pet chimpanzee, in the English countryside.
Sally Sallies Forth
Remarkable film record of adventures covering a period of thirty years. Pioneering work photographing wild animals in Africa, India, Borneo, Canada and America.
The Big Game of Life
Scenes of various animals in their natural habitat including hippopotami, giraffes, leopards, zebras, elephants, lions and vultures.
Mototo
Travelogue of Uganda around the Semliki river.