The Secret Land

The Secret Land
Film poster
Produced by	Orville O. Dull
Written by	Harvey S. Haislip William C. Park
Narrated by	Robert Montgomery Robert Taylor Van Heflin
Edited by	Fredrick Y. Smith
Distributed by	MGM
Release dates	October 22, 1948 (1948-10-22)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$216,000^[1]
Box office	$576,000^[1]

The Secret Land is a 1948 American documentary film about an American expedition code-named "Operation High Jump" to explore Antarctica.^[2] It won the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Robert Montgomery - Narrator (voice) (as Comdr. Robert Montgomery, U.S.N.R.)
Robert Taylor - Narrator (voice) (as Lt. Robert Taylor U.S.N.R.)
Van Heflin - Narrator (voice) (as Lt. Van Heflin, A.A.F., Ret.)
James Forrestal - Himself (as James V. Forrestal)
Chester W. Nimitz - Himself
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd - Himself (as Admiral Byrd)
Richard H. Cruzen - Himself (as Admiral Cruzen)
Robert S. Quackenbush - Himself (as Captain Quackenbush)
George J. Dufek - Himself (as Captain George Dufek)
Paul A. Siple - Himself (as Dr. Siple)
Charles W. Thomas - Himself (as Captain Thomas)
Richard E. Byrd Jr. - Himself
Vernon D. Boyd - Himself (as Captain Boyd)
Charles A. Bond - Himself (as Captain Bond)
David E. Bunger - Himself (as Commander David E. Bunger)
John E. Clark - Himself (as Captain Clark)
John D. Howell - Himself (as Commander Howell)
William Kearns - Himself (as Lieutenant j.g. Bill Kearns)
Ralph LeBlanc - Himself (as Lieutenant j.g. Frenchie LeBlanc)
Henry H. Caldwell - Himself (as Captain Caldwell)
Owen McCarty - Himself
William Warr - Himself
James H. Robbins - Himself (as Shorty Rogers)

Reception

The film earned $395,000 in the US and Canada and $181,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $10,000.^[1]

References

1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
↑ "AFI: The Secret Land". AFI. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
↑ "The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
↑ Chowther, Bosley. "NY Times: The Secret Land". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-11-07.

External links

The Secret Land at the Internet Movie Database
The Secret Land is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

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