The Lost Jungle (I) (1934)

Animal trainer Clyde Beatty heads a rescue party in search of his girl, Ruth, and her father who get lost looking for an uncharted island. His dirigible crashes into the jungles of the ... See full summary »

Directors:

David Howard, Armand Schaefer

Writers:

Sherman L. Lowe (story), Al Martin (story),

Stars:

Clyde Beatty, Cecilia Parker, Syd Saylor

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clyde Beatty	...	Clyde Beatty
Cecilia Parker	...	Ruth Robinson
Syd Saylor	...	Larry Henderson
Warner Richmond	...	Sharkey
Edward LeSaint	...	Capt. Robinson
Wheeler Oakman	...	Kirby
Maston Williams	...	Thompson
Lew Meehan	...	Flynn, Crewman
Max Wagner	...	Slade, Crewman
Wes Warner	...	Jackman, Crewman
Jim Corey	...	Steve, Crewman
Ernie Adams	...	Pete - Roustabout [Ch. 1]
Slim Whitaker	...	Slim - Crewman
Jack Carlyle	...	Cook
Hal Taliaferro	...	Crewman (as Wally Wales)

Storyline

Animal trainer Clyde Beatty heads a rescue party in search of his girl, Ruth, and her father who get lost looking for an uncharted island. His dirigible crashes into the jungles of the island. When he locates Ruth, he learns that her father has disappeared. The ensuing search is hindered by greedy gold hunters and wild animals.

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Plot Keywords:

serial

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1934 (USA)

Also Known As:

I tigris tou Kamor

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mascot Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

243 min 243 min (12 chapters)

Sound Mix:

Mono (International Sound Recording Company)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chapter Titles:

• 1. Noah's Ark Island
• 2. Nature in the Raw
• 3. Hypnotic Eye
• 4. Pit of Crocodiles
• 5. Gorilla Warfare
• 6. Battle of Beats
• 7. Tiger's Prey
• 8. Lion's Brood
• 9. Eyes of the Jung;e
• 10.Human Hyenas
• 11.The Gorilla
• 12.Take Them Back Alive

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Connections

Featured in Matt and Tim at the Movies (2011)

User Reviews

Lions and tigers and bears...oh my!

This is not a bad little serial. It has few of the standard serial cliches that bug me, especially not the cliffhanger endings that end up happening completely differently at the start of the next episode (watch the original Captain America serial to see a LOT of that).

Clyde Beatty is a nice enough guy, though obviously not an actor...but then few of the real-life celebrities that did movies and serials in the 30's & 40's were (Red Grange, Frank Hawks, Sammy Baugh...though Houdini pulled it off back in 1919). There are a lot of animal action shots, which is a pleasure to watch. Clyde has this stupid hypnotic eye power over the beasts at a couple of points in the story, but those moments are easily ignored.

All in all a nice little serial...fun, good locations, good guys, bad guys, wild animals, lost treasure...sounds good to me!