It is based upon the novel Elephant Walk by "Robert Standish", the pseudonym of the English novelist Digby George Gerahty (1898–1981).
It was originally intended to star the husband and wife team of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh (with Olivier in the Finch role). However Olivier was already committed to the project The Beggar's Opera (1953). Leigh was enthusiastic about the role and continued in her husband's absence, but she was forced to withdraw from production shortly after filming began in Colombo, Ceylon, as a result of bipolar disorder. According to Leonard Maltin's annual Movie Guide book, Leigh can be seen in some long shots that were not re-filmed after Elizabeth Taylor replaced her.
Plot
Colonial tea planter John Wiley, visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation because it blocks their migrating path. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; by her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; by a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver; and by the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants. The elephants end up destroying the plantation in a stampede along with a fire.
Elephant Walk is a tradition at Texas A&M University in which the senior class walks around campus to remember the good times they had at Texas A&M. This tradition generally takes place the week before the last regular-season football game, which before A&M's 2012 move to the Southeastern Conference was the Texas (University of Texas at Austin) game. It signifies the last time that the seniors will stand as a part of the 12th Man student corpus.
History
In 1922, two freshman members of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band, Oluf G. "Piccolo Red" Carson (Fort Worth, TX) and J. William "Sarge" Dorsey (Harlingen, TX), began playing a funeral march after losing a football game. The two bandsmen, a piccolo player and a bass horn player respectively, began walking away slowly, like an elephant wandering away to die. Other members of the band fell in behind. They continued the march after each football game for the remainder of the season, regardless of the outcome. Following that first walk, the Aggies began a winning streak, including a victory over their archrival, the University of Texas at Austin. At the conclusion of the football season, their marches were discontinued.
BONG (Spoken) When your stomack speaks, you forget your mind When your mind speaks your forget your heart But when your heart speaks you forget everything Oh the night was splendid and serene Yes, when a native girl Wiggled right in to my dreams She did a little dance It seemed so opulent Ummm and I lost my heart in darkest Africa She did a dance, it brought romance The Elephant Walk And whoa, whoa those swayin hips They put me in a trance Ummm and all at once I begin to dance The feeling, ahe, ahe is Paradise I know For am American boy from the south side of Chicargo Elephant Walk (jungle sounds) Lord, lord, lordy, lord, lord Crazy memories, lord, lord, lordy, lord If they knew what I knew There wouldn't be no wars There'd only be time For a little girl and boy Crazy melodies always hunting me Crazy melodies always hunting me FADE James J. Pastirak
He walked down the aisle to a "blood-curdling scream" from ... It feels liberating, and it makes me feel understood in the world as opposed to walking around with this elephant in the room," Hoff said.
During our first morning drive, we were surrounded by a herd of elephants that walked around our open-air vehicle — some passed by just inches from my face.
The mother sloth bear walks about her enclosure with her two babies at the San Diego Zoo on Friday, March 7, 2025, in San Diego, CA...It’s a bit of a walk from the other babies, but it’s not far from the other stars of the zoo.
The stay-at-home mother said ... But then I developed preeclampsia ... I felt like I had elephant feet, I couldn't walk ... 'I was trying to walk a lot and work out but I was in pain.' ... I am more active, I can walk longer distances - it is fabulous for me ... .
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Their only option was to trek 4 km through dense forestland, crossing the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve — an area known for elephant movements ... 'The villagers mentioned they were too scared to walk the path because of elephants moving around.
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It’s been 4,000 years since the eight-ton, 12-foot, elephant-like beast walked the Earth, but part of its DNA now operates inside several litters of four-inch, half-ounce mice created by ...
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Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s elephant calf, walks through Forest Hall on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, in Portland.Vickie Connor/The Oregonian... Her trunk dexterity is impressive, Lefave said, and she’s turning out to be a “precocious” little elephant.
... paradise118653044We have seen some stunning pictures of tigers walking the grasslands of Ranthambhore in Rajasthan or a herd of elephants traversing through the forests of Jim Corbett in Uttarakhand.
Watch. The sweetBlue RibbonBites winners of the SWFL Ag Expo... I was expecting a food-fueled parade of elephant ears, corn dogs, doughnut burgers and loaded tots ... While walking around, I spotted a doughnut burger vendor not far from the elephant ears.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
09 Mar 2025
The San Diego Union-Tribune
09 Mar 2025