Editing King Solomon's Mines (section)

==Adaptations in other media==
===Films===
The novel has been adapted to film [[King Solomon's Mines (film)|at least seven times]]. The first cinema adaptation (a [[silent film]] version) was directed by [[Horace Lisle Lucoque]] in 1919 (now [[Lost film|lost]]),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261737/ | title=King Solomon's Mines | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> followed by the first sound version in 1937, ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1937 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'', which was directed by [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]]. The best known version premiered in 1950, ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'', directed by [[Compton Bennett]] and [[Andrew Marton]], which was followed by a sequel, ''[[Watusi (film)|Watusi]]'' (1959). In 1979, a low-budget version was directed by [[Alvin Rakoff]], ''[[King Solomon's Treasure]]'', combining both ''King Solomon's Mines'' as well as ''[[Allan Quatermain (novel)|Allan Quatermain]]'' in one story. The 1985 film, ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'', was a more tongue-in-cheek parody of the story, followed by a sequel in the same vein: ''[[Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold]]'' (1987). Around the same period, an Australian animated TV film came out, ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1986 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]''. In December 2006, the movie, ''[[The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines]]'' was released as the second in a trilogy that follows one man’s fantastical adventures. In 2008, a direct-to-video adaptation, ''[[Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls]]'' was released by [[Mark Atkins (director)|Mark Atkins]], which bore more resemblance to [[Indiana Jones]] than the novel.

===Comics===
[[File:King Solomon's Mines comic cover.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Cover art from King Solomon's Mines, Avon Periodicals, 1951, art by [[Lee J. Ames]].]]
* In 1951, [[Avon Periodicals]] published a comic book adaptation.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/263241/ King Solomon's Mines #1]</ref>
* In 1952, a comic adaptation was published in ''[[Classics Illustrated]]'' #97, scripted by [[Kenneth W. Fitch]] and with drawings by [[Henry C. Kiefer|H. C. Kiefer]].<ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/515211/ Classics Illustrated #97 &#91;O&#93; – King Solomon's Mines]</ref>
* In 1954, British comics artist [[Dudley D. Watkins]] adapted the story into a [[text comics]] series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/watkins_dudley.htm|title=Dudley D. Watkins|publisher=[[Lambiek]]}}</ref>
* In 2015, artist [[Pablo Marcos]] and writer [[Mark Ellis (American author)|Mark Ellis]] reimagined ''King Solomon's Mines'' as a graphic novel published by Ying Ko Graphics.

===Television programs===
In 1958, an episode of the [[BBC|BBC's]] ''Buried Treasure'' named "King Solomon's Mines" aired. Hosted by [[Mortimer Wheeler|Sir Mortimer Wheeler]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Buried Treasure - King Solomon's Mines |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p017tlpm/buried-treasure-king-solomons-mines |language=en-GB |access-date=2023-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8e131eeedf704b53ab7f708dff2e9905 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=29 October 1958 }}</ref>

In 2002, a documentary was made by National Geographic Television in collaboration with Channel 4 in the UK: ''[[The Search for King Solomon's Mines]]''.

In 2004, ''[[King Solomon's Mines (2004 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'', a two-part TV mini-series starring [[Patrick Swayze]] as [[Allan Quatermain]], aired on the [[Hallmark Channel]].

===Radio===
[[Kenneth Colley]] starred as Allan Quatermain in a 1990 [[BBC Radio 4]] adaptation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/saturday-playhouse.html |title=radio plays, drama, BBC, Saturday Playhouse, 1990–1998, DIVERSITY website |website=Suttonelms.org.uk |access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>

A two-part [[BBC Radio 4]] adaptation was broadcast in April 2017 starring [[Tim McInnerny]] as Allan Quatermain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08lljv3 |title=BBC Radio 4 – Drama, King Solomon's Mines |website=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>

"King Solomon's Mines" was the sixth episode of ''[[The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater]]'', broadcast on 20 February 1977.<ref>[http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+General+Mills+Radio+Adventure+Theatre "The General Mills Radio Adventure Theatre,"] Radio Gold Index.{{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref>