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Yes, it did.  If you look thrugh Carrie's diaries (Members' part of the site) you will find a number of references to negotiations over film rights, actual films, Kipling working a film scripts, etc., some with US companies, some with UK companies.  Eg.  7 Jan. 35, there was a proposal to make a film of Aunt Ellen, and RK worked at a script - but the project never came off.  And on 5 Feb.`35 he was offered £5000 by Alexander Korda for the film rights to Toomai of the Elephants .  That did get made, as Elephant Boy, released in 1937 after RK's death.  And in May `35, he was negotiating with Paramount over a film of The Light that Failed, which came out in 1939, with Ronald Colman as Dick Heldar.  There was Captains Courageous, too, with Spencer Tracy - etc..
    Alastair Wilson

On 29/07/2018 14:15, Connell, Tim wrote:
[log in to unmask]"> Surely Hollywood took a lot of Kipling stories in the 1930s?

Tim

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Sent: 28 July 2018 22:40:08
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Subject: Mowgli
 
Dear film buffs,

So the Andy Serkis film of The Jungle Books, now titled Mowgli  has been bought up by Netflix, and will be released on that platform in 2019.

I can recommend the analysis here:

https://deadline.com/2018/07/netflix-mowgli-deal-andy-serkis-jungle-book-warner-bros-christian-bale-cate-blanchett-benedict-cumberbatch-1202434903/

Now... which Kipling story would you be prepared to 'pitch' to a company (probably not Warner Brothers, after 'My Boy Jack' went straight to DVD...)

Best regards,

John



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