Along with the slow-moving and only mildly engaging melodrama, virtuoso director John Ford gives us plenty of breathtaking African scenery in glorious Technicolor. Authentic African tribespeople and locations lend the production an air of authenticity that helps offset the hokey “forbidden love” story, as does our simple enjoyment in watching the appealing Gable and Gardner injecting a little life into things. — Porfle Popnecker

This very well might be Ava’s finest performance. — Dennis Schwartz

— The only lions I ever want to see again are the two in front of the public library.