Queen of the Jungle

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

For a serial with a similar name, see Jungle Queen (serial).
Queen of the Jungle
Directed byRobert F. Hill
Glenn Cook (asst.)
Produced byH.A. Wohl
Written byGriffin Jay
Music byHal Chasnoff
Edited byCarl Himm
Distributed byScreen Attractions
Release date
  • 1935 (1935)
Running time
12 chapters (197 minutes) (serial)
65 minutes (film)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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
  • Eddie Foster as Rocco

Production

Most of the action footage in this serial came from the 1922 silent serial The Jungle Goddess, with the principal actors in the new scenes made up and costumed on indoor jungle mockups to match the old outdoor footage.

Release

Theatrical

Screen Attractions released Queen of the Jungle in 1935 as both a 12-chapter serial and a 65-min feature film.

Chapter titles
  1. Lost in the Clouds
  2. Radium Rays
  3. The Hand of Death
  4. The Natives' Revenge
  5. Black Magic
  6. The Death Vine
  7. The Leopard Leaps
  8. The Doom Ship
  9. Death Rides the Wave
  10. The Temple of Mu
  11. Fangs in the Dark
  12. The Pit of the Lions

Source:[1]

See also

References
  1. Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 214. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
Preceded by
Mystery of the River Boat (1944)		 Universal Serial
Jungle Queen (1945)		 Succeeded by
The Master Key (1945)


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