The Lost City (1935/I)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Harry Revier

Writers:

Zelma Carroll (story) &
George M. Merrick (story) ...

Release Date:

6 March 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

High-Voltage Action! Electrifying Thrills! Thunderbolt Drama!

Plot:

An evil scientist plots to take over the world from his base in Africa, where he has invented a machine that can cause earthquakes.

Plot Keywords:

Africa | Storm | World Domination | Jungle | Arab

Cast

William 'Stage' Boyd	...	Zolok (as Wm. 'Stage' Boyd)
Kane Richmond	...	Bruce Gordon
Claudia Dell	...	Natcha Manyus
Josef Swickard	...	Dr. Manyus
George 'Gabby' Hayes	...	Butterfield (as Geo. F. Hayes)
Billy Bletcher	...	Gorzo (as Wm. Bletcher)
Eddie Fetherston	...	Jerry Delaney
Milburn Morante	...	Chet Andrews [Chs. 1, 4, 5, 8-10]
Margot D'Use	...	Rama, Queen of the Wangas [Chs.8-11] (as Margot Duse)
Jerry Frank	...	Appollyn
Ralph Lewis	...	Prof. Reynolds [Chs.1-4]
William Millman	...	Dr. Colton [Chs.1-5] (as Wm. Millman)
Gino Corrado	...	Sheikh Ben Ali [Chs. 5-7]
Sam Baker	...	Hugo, lead giant

Also Known As:

Lost City (USA) (DVD box title)
The Lost City of the Ligurians

Runtime:

USA:240 min (12 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Super Serial Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Chapter Titles: - 1. Living Dead Men - 2. Tunnel of Death - 3. Dagger Rock - 4. Doomed! - 5. Tiger Prey - 6. Human Beasts - 7. Spider Man - 8. Human Targets - 9. Jungle Vengeance - 10.The Lion Pit - 11.The Death Ray - 12.The Mad Scientist

Movie Connections:

Edited into The Lost City (1935/II)

The Most Deranged Serial Ever Made

A bizarre, demented, utterly berserk multi-chapter hoot that's a pure delight for camp enthusiasts, sci-fi movie freaks, and fans of the demented in any form. Wild, woolly adventures in a lost city in Africa which seems to have only three inhabitants. The story, if one can call it that, concerns an elderly captive scientist who elongates and lobotomizes natives (and can also make black people white), his beautiful daughter, the evil dictator who holds them captive, his assorted flunkies, a fiendish jungle priestess of some sort, a painfully earnest hero and his doltish, bumbling sidekick, and God knows what else. Weirdly acted, scripted by someone who must have been drunk out of his mind (or SOMETHING), and, oddly, has impressive special effects, given the time. Derivative, racist, whacked out, and utterly delightful.