The White Gorilla (1945)

A white gorilla is snubbed by black gorillas because he is the wrong color. Cut off from his tribe he becomes lonely and angry. After troubling hunters and natives, the white gorilla fights... See full summary »

Director:

Harry L. Fraser

Writer:

Harry L. Fraser (story)

Stars:

Ray Corrigan, Lorraine Miller, Harry Belmour

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ray Corrigan	...	Steve Collins / Konga, the White Gorilla / Narrator
Lorraine Miller	...	Ruth Stacey

Storyline

A white gorilla is snubbed by black gorillas because he is the wrong color. Cut off from his tribe he becomes lonely and angry. After troubling hunters and natives, the white gorilla fights the king of the black gorillas while we are told by a narrator that the fate of Africa hangs in the balance. The movie was made by editing some 1947 acting into footage from a 1927 silent serial, Perils of the Jungle, starring Frank Merrill the fifth screen Tarzan.

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Plot Keywords:

gorilla | jungle | africa | white jungle maiden | lion attack | 

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Taglines:

The Unconscious FORM Of A Girl Puzzled Him!

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 July 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

El gorila blanco

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fraser & Merrick Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

62 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot in three days and one night.

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Crazy Credits

With Ray Corrigan Lorraine Miller and An All-Star Cast

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Connections

Edited from Perils of the Jungle (1927)

User Reviews

Perils of Jungle Movies

Harry L. Fraser, the writer and one of the producers of this movie, was also the writer of Perils of the Jungle, the 1927 serial from which he took the archive footage. The serial did have good animal scenes, so it's hard to fault Fraser for finding a way to recycle what would otherwise be badly outdated and unusable silent footage. The problem, as every other commentator has noted, is the impossibility of integrating the two films smoothly, and the terrible plot -- if there is a plot -- of the new footage.

Frank Merrill, the hero of the 1927 serial, did play Tarzan in two later movies, Tarzan the Mighty and Tarzan the Tiger, but he was playing a different and unrelated character in Perils of the Jungle.

Crash Corrigan, the hero of the new wrap-around movie, made a specialty of playing gorillas, and he often played other roles in the movies in which he donned the gorilla suit, but I believe this may be the only movie in which his human character directly confronts his animal character.