{"product_id":"mamba_kin25878","title":"Mamba","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exotic adventure set among ivory traders and military officers in Colonial East Africa, MAMBA stars Jean Hersholt as a corrupt land-owner who battles a German officer (Ralph Forbes) over the honor of a young woman (Eleanor Boardman). But the romantic triangle is shattered when the indigenous population mounts an epic assault upon its oppressors. Billed as the first feature-length all-talking Technicolor drama, MAMBA was an bold attempt by the low-budget Tiffany Productions to compete with the major studios. For decades it was considered a lost film, until an original print was discovered in Australia. Photochemically preserved and digitally restored, this edition reveals that MAMBA is much more than a curiosity item; it is a film of remarkable artistic ambition, with such diverse influences as Erich von Stroheim’s sexually frank melodramas and the “unchained camera” of the German silent cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAudio commentary by filmmaker Brian Trenchard Smith | Interview with Paul Brennan on the rediscovery and restoration of Mamba, excerpted from the documentary Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey, by Rob Murphy | Theatre of Dreams, a documentary short on Murray and Pat Matthews, the Australian film collectors who discovered the sole surviving print of Mamba\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cinema Cellar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42064843636821,"sku":"KIN25878","price":29.58,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3032\/6613\/files\/750x932GenericGraphic_8f3f6b02-6c2e-42fe-81e6-b9b2ddc358d4.jpg?v=1777477106","url":"https:\/\/cinemacellar.com\/products\/mamba_kin25878","provider":"Cinema Cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}