The Adventures of Marco Polo Movie Review 1938

Lavish Hollywood production based on the exploits of 13th-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo (Cooper). He becomes the first white man to record his visit to the Eastern court of Kublai Khan, where he falls for a beautiful princess also desired by the evil Rathbone. Lots of action, though its hard to picture the laconic Cooper in the title role.

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Available on VHS
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Explorers, Royalty, Medieval Romps

Screenplay

Robert Sherwood

Cast

Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, Ernest Truex, George Barbier, Binnie Barnes, Alan Hale, H.B. Warner

Director

Archie Mayo

Music

Hugo Friedhofer

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn, United Artists