She
Seen it?1935 | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (50% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for fantasy fans and anyone with a bit of wanderlust. A good one for when you want to be swept off somewhere else.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Never drags, at 1 hr 41 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1935: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you like your stories firmly grounded in the real world.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
50% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$1 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 26K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Lansing C. Holden, Irving Pichel
- Helen GahaganShe
- Randolph ScottLeo Vincey
- Helen MackTanya Dugmore
- Nigel BruceHorace Holly
- Lumsden HareDugmore
- Samuel S. HindsJohn Vincey
- Noble JohnsonAmahaggar Chief
- Gustav von SeyffertitzBillali
- Jim ThorpeCaptain of the Guards (uncredited)