''Queen of the Jungle'' is a 1935

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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

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deposits. Unknown to David, she was discovered by an African tribe and became their queen.

Cast

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as David Worth *

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as Joan Lawrence * Marilyn Spinner as Joan Lawrence (as a child) *

Dickie Jones Richard Percy Jones (February 25, 1927 – July 7, 2014), known as Dick Jones or Dickie Jones, was an American actor and singer who achieved success as a child performer and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns. In 1938, he played Artimer ...

as David Worth (as a child) * William J. Wals as John Lawrence *

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as Kali * Eddie Foster as Rocco

Production

Most of the action footage in this serial came from the 1922 silent serial ''

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'', a co-production by William N. Selig Productions and

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, 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

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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 _Source:

References

External links

* * 1935 films 1935 adventure films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Film serials American independent films Films directed by Robert F. Hill Jungle girls Films set in Africa American adventure films 1930s independent films 1930s American films {{adventure-film-stub