''The Jungle Goddess'' is a 1922 American adventure

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, directed by James Conway, in 15 chapters, starring

Elinor Field Elinor Field (born Eleanor Field; January 4, 1902 – February 24, 1998) was an American film actress who was one of Mack Sennett's Sennett Bathing Beauties. She also starred in the 15-episode serial ''The Jungle Goddess'' (1922). Biography E ...

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and Marie Pavis. A co-production by William N. Selig Productions and

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, it was distributed by the Export & Import Film Company, and ran in U.S. theaters between May 15 and August 21, 1922. This serial is considered

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Synopsis

A young girl is kidnapped and put in the basket of a hot air balloon. The balloon is accidentally cut loose and drifts into the middle of the African jungle. The young girl is captured by a tribe of cannibals, who transform her into the tribe's goddess. Years later, a young man who had been her childhood friend organizes a jungle expedition to find and save her.

Cast

as Betty Castleton / "Jungle Goddess" *

as Ralph Dean * Marie Pavis as Betty's Mother *

L. M. Wells Louis "L. M." Wells (February 5, 1862 – January 1, 1923) was an American actor of the silent film era. A tall, robust actor who was nicknamed "Daddy," L. M. appeared in 51 films between 1912 and 1922 — many of which were Universal wester ...

as Dr. James Scranton * Lafe McKee as Chief Obar Sen * Vonda Phelps as Betty as a Little Girl *

Olin Francis Olin Caldwell Francis (September 13, 1891 Mooreville, Mississippi - June 30, 1952 Hollywood, California) was an American actor. Francis graduated in engineering from the University of Mississippi and acted on stage before he went to Hollywood ...

as High Priest * William Pratt as Constable * George Reed as Native guide

Chapter titles

# Sacrificed to the Lions # The City of Blind Waters # Saved by the Great Ape # The Hell-Ship # Wild Beasts in Command # Sky High with a Leopard # The Rajah's Revenge # The Alligator's Victim # At Grips with Death # The Leopard Woman # Soul of Buddha # Jaws of Death # Cave of Beasts # Jungle Terrors # The Mad Lion

Release

The film was given an international release, being released in Brazil under the title ''A Deusa do Sertão'' ("The Goddess of the

Sertão The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the "hinterland" or "backcountry". In Brazil, it refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil (similar to the specific association of " outback" with Australia in Englis ...

").

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jungle Goddess, The 1922 films 1922 lost films 1922 adventure films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Lost American films 1920s American films Silent adventure films