This was the weirdest film. It was made in 1945 but the main part of the film was from a 1927 silent serial "Perils of the Jungle". There is wonderful wild animal footage from it. The "modern" part of the film starred Ray "Crash" Corrigan, who comes to the Outpost Trading store after being attacked by a rare white gorilla (also played by Corrigan. He made a career out of playing gorillas and apes). He has a strange story to tell.
This part of the film is from the silent serial and is by far the most interesting part of the film. Bennett and his partner are captured by natives and about to be killed when they are rescued by a little jungle boy. He is very cute and seems to be quite skilled at handling the animals - he only looks about 6!!! The story is told by Corrigan who was part of the group but seemed to spend the entire film peering through bushes, up trees or running from the action!!!!
After being rescued they find a girl living in a hut with her blind father. She is able to get her hands on all the latest cosmetics somewhere in the jungle (may be from the "Outpost Trading Store"!!!) Every few minutes about 20 lions roar into the village - how anyone has managed to live a week in this jungle is amazing!!! How the old blind father has survived is very surprising - the lions trample their little hut minutes after Bennett gets there.
There is also a strange man that rescues the little jungle boy but doesn't come back into the film. Also the jungle boy's mother has convinced the natives that she is a high priestess - the little boy has found a way to move the hands of the idol without being seen so the natives are afraid.
Every so often the white gorilla appears (just to remind you he is the star) - it fights Corrigan, an ordinary gorilla and tries to carry off a girl who has fainted.
It is pretty entertaining. It makes you want to see the silent serial in it's entirety.
This part of the film is from the silent serial and is by far the most interesting part of the film. Bennett and his partner are captured by natives and about to be killed when they are rescued by a little jungle boy. He is very cute and seems to be quite skilled at handling the animals - he only looks about 6!!! The story is told by Corrigan who was part of the group but seemed to spend the entire film peering through bushes, up trees or running from the action!!!!
After being rescued they find a girl living in a hut with her blind father. She is able to get her hands on all the latest cosmetics somewhere in the jungle (may be from the "Outpost Trading Store"!!!) Every few minutes about 20 lions roar into the village - how anyone has managed to live a week in this jungle is amazing!!! How the old blind father has survived is very surprising - the lions trample their little hut minutes after Bennett gets there.
There is also a strange man that rescues the little jungle boy but doesn't come back into the film. Also the jungle boy's mother has convinced the natives that she is a high priestess - the little boy has found a way to move the hands of the idol without being seen so the natives are afraid.
Every so often the white gorilla appears (just to remind you he is the star) - it fights Corrigan, an ordinary gorilla and tries to carry off a girl who has fainted.
It is pretty entertaining. It makes you want to see the silent serial in it's entirety.