Queen of the Jungle

Queen of the Jungle Information

Queen of the Jungle (1935) is an 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

Mary Kornman as Joan Lawrence
Reed Howes as David Worth
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

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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