Queen of the Jungle (1935/I)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Robert F. Hill

Writer:

Griffin Jay (writer)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

An expedition sets off for the last land of Mu, where legend has it that a killer death ray is emitted from the eye of a golden idol.

Plot Keywords:

Serial

Cast

Mary Kornman	...	Joan Lawrence
Reed Howes	...	David Worth
Marilyn Spinner	...	Joan as a child
Dickie Jones	...	David as a child
William J. Walsh	...	John Lawrence (as William Walsh)
Lafe McKee	...	Kali
Eddie Foster	...	Rocco

Runtime:

USA:197 min (12 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Herman Wohl Productions

Trivia:

Chapter Titles: - 1. Lost in the Clouds - 2. Radium Rays - 3. The Hand of Death - 4. The Native's Revenge - 5. Black Magic - 6. The Death Vine - 7. The Leopard Leaps - 8. The Doom Ship - 9. Death Rides the Waves - 10.The Temple of Wu - 11.Fangs in the Dark - 12.The Lion Pit

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: A hand-cranked camera is reflected on the captain's bottle.

Movie Connections:

Edited from The Jungle Goddess (1922)

Lions, leopards and radium

"Queen of the Jungle" (1935) tells the story of Joan who drifted in a balloon across Africa when she was a child, was found by the tribe called Lion Men and became their queen. 20 years later, she is discovered by David, an old friend, and he tries to bring her back to her parents although she does not even remember who they were. Naturally, it becomes a long, dangerous journey through the jungle with countless enemies. Divided into 12 chapters, each one ends of course with a cliffhanger that keeps you watching the next part. "Queen of the Jungle" suffers technically from the fact that it used a lot of footage from the 1922 silent movie production "The Jungle Goddess" which runs at double speed which makes it obviously not fit well. But as an action adventure, it is rather nice, featuring lions, leopards, crocodiles and an evil high priest who has a lot of the mysterious element radium to hide. Those were the days when people thought anything radioactive glows like a torch and can be hold in your bare hands. Nostalgic fun, but nothing extraordinary.