Queen of the Jungle

Queen of the Jungle
Queen of the Jungle
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
Release date	1935;
Running time	12 chapters (197 minutes) (serial); 65 minutes (film)
Country	United States
Language	English

Queen of the Jungle is a 1935 independent film serial produced by Herman Wohl and released theatrically by Screen Attractions.

Plot

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

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
Zack Williams as Garu
Eddie Foster as Rocco

Production

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

Theatrical

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

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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References

^ 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.

External links

Queen of the Jungle at IMDb

Preceded by Mystery of the River Boat (1944)	Universal Serial Jungle Queen (1945)	Succeeded by The Master Key (1945)

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[1] Erish, Andrew A. (2012). Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood. University of Texas Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780292742697.

[GomesMattos-2] 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.

[3] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 214. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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