Summary
Queen of the Jungle is a 1935 independent film serial produced by Herman Wohl and released theatrically by Screen Attractions.
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| Directed by | Robert F. Hill Glenn Cook (asst.) |
| Written by | Griffin Jay |
| Produced by | H.A. Wohl |
| Edited by | Carl Himm |
| Music by | Hal Chasnoff |
| Distributed by | Screen Attractions |
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Running time | 12 chapters (197 minutes) (serial) 65 minutes (film) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
David Worth travels into Africa to find his old friend Joan Lawrence, who disappeared in a hot air balloon as a child while the pair were with an expedition searching for radium deposits. Unknown to David, she was discovered by an African tribe and became their queen.
Cast edit
- Reed Howes as David Worth
- Mary Kornman as Joan Lawrence
- Marilyn Spinner as Joan Lawrence (as a child)
- Dickie Jones as David Worth (as a child)
- William J. Wals as John Lawrence
- Lafe McKee as Kali
- Eddie Foster as Rocco
Production edit
Most of the action footage in this serial came from the 1922 silent serial The Jungle Goddess, a co-production by William N. Selig Productions and Warner Bros.,[1] for financial reasons, and the same script was used, with the principal actors in the new scenes made up and costumed on indoor jungle mockups to match the old outdoor footage. Nonetheless, considering the changes in filming and dramatic technique that have taken place over 13 years, plus the fact that silent films were projected at a different speed than sound films, this resulted in several continuity errors.
Release edit
Theatrical edit
Screen Attractions released Queen of the Jungle in 1935 as both a 12-chapter serial and a 65-min feature film.
The film was given an international release, being released in Brazil under the title A Rainha do Sertão ("Queen of the Sertão").[2]
Chapter titles edit
- Lost in the Clouds
- Radium Rays
- The Hand of Death
- The Natives' Revenge
- Black Magic
- The Death Vine
- The Leopard Leaps
- The Doom Ship
- Death Rides the Wave
- The Temple of Mu
- Fangs in the Dark
- The Pit of the Lions
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Erish, Andrew A. (2012). Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood. University of Texas Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780292742697.
- ^ Gomes de Mattos, A. C. (1983). "Os Grandes Seriados do Cinema 2: As Rainhas das Selvas" [The Great Serials of Cinema 2: The Queens of the Jungles]. Cinemin (in Portuguese) (7). Rio de Janeiro: EBAL: 34–35.
- ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 214. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
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