The Lost Jungle

The Lost Jungle
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Directed by	David Howard Armand Schaefer
Produced by	Nat Levine
Written by	Wyndham Gittens David Howard Barney A. Sarecky Armand Schaefer
Starring	Clyde Beatty George 'Gabby' Hayes Mickey Rooney
Music by	Lee Zahler
Cinematography	William Nobles Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by	Earl Turner
Distributed by	Mascot Pictures
Release dates	June 13, 1934
Running time	12 chapters (233 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Lost Jungle (1934) is a Mascot movie serial. A semi-sequel to this serial, Darkest Africa, was released by Republic Pictures in 1936. Republic was made from a merger of several companies, including Mascot which became the B-Western and serial production arm of the company, as well as providing them with a studio.

Cast

• Clyde Beatty
• Cecilia Parker as Ruth Robinson
• Syd Saylor as Larry Henderson
• Warner Richmond as Sharkey
• Edward LeSaint as Captain Robinson
• Wheeler Oakman as Kirby
• Maston Williams as Thompson
• Max Wagner as Slade

Release

In an unusual move, a feature film version was released simultaneously with the serial. Releasing feature versions, made from editing together footage from the serial, was a common practice but they were usually released after the initial run of the source serial. Nat Levine claimed it contained footage not seen in the serial version.^[1]

Chapter titles

1. Noah's Ark Island
2. Nature in the Raw
3. The Hypnotic Eye
4. The Pit of Crocodiles
5. Gorilla Warfare
6. The Battle of Beasts
7. The Tiger's Prey
8. The Lion's Brood
9. Eyes of the Jungle
10. Human Hyenas
11. The Gorilla
12. Take Them Back Alive

_Source:^[2]

Lost Jungle Diamond, Studio City Walk of Fame

References

1. Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "5. Real Life Heroes "Just Strangle the Lion in Your Usual Way"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
2. Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 210. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

• The Lost Jungle at the Internet Movie Database
• The Lost Jungle is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• The Lost Jungle at AllMovie