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===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.
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