Jungle Girl

Jungle Girl (1941)

The Screen Hails a New Serial Queen.....Mistress of an Empire of Savage and Beast!

Dr. John Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother Bradley Meredith. With his infant daughter, he settles in the African jungle, where his ability to cure the native ills has resulted in his virtual control of the Masamba tribes, who possess vast diamond mines coveted by a gang of crooks.

Date of release
1941-06-21
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (6)
Runtime
4h 27m
Genres
Adventure
Director
William Witney, John English

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Jungle Girl

Jungle Girl is a 1941 15-chapter Republic serial starring Frances Gifford. It was directed by William Witney and John English based on the novel Jungle Girl (1932) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the 22nd of the 66 serials produced by Republic.

Production

The serial was officially based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle Girl novel. Nevertheless, it bore almost no resemblance to the novel, which had no character named "Nyoka" and was about an Asian princess, not a white woman living in Africa. Like many Republic adaptations, the contract to use a character called the Jungle Girl meant that showings of the serial after a set date were banned.

Filming on Jungle Girl took place between March 25 and May 9, 1941. At 45 days, this shares the title of second longest shoot for a Republic serial with Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943). The serial's production number was 1096.

The serial's production budget $171,415 but the negative cost rose to $177,404 (over budget by $5,989, or 3.5%). This was the most expensive Republic serial of 1941.

Jungle Girl was the first sound serial to have a female lead.

The serial was successful enough that a semi-sequel, Perils of Nyoka, was produced in 1942. To avoid paying Burroughs a second time for the rights, the sequel used only the original material created by Republic Pictures for Jungle Girl (such as the name Nyoka). It did not use any of Burroughs' material or the title of his novel.

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