The Jungle Goddess

The Jungle Goddess
The Jungle Goddess
	Advertisement for the film on Exhibitors Herald (December 1921)
Directed by	James Conway
Written by	Frank Mitchell Dazey; Agnes Christine Johnston
Produced by	William Selig (as Col. William Selig)
Starring	Elinor Field; Truman Van Dyke; Marie Pavis
Distributed by	William N. Selig Productions; Warner Bros.
Release date	May 15, 1922;
Running time	15 episodes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Jungle Goddess is a 1922 American adventure film serial, directed by James Conway, in 15 chapters, starring Elinor Field, Truman Van Dyke and Marie Pavis. A co-production by William N. Selig Productions and Warner Bros.,[1] 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 lost.[2]

Synopsis

Elinor Field and Truman Van Dyke in a still from the film

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

Elinor Field as Betty Castleton / "Jungle Goddess"
Truman Van Dyke as Ralph Dean
Marie Pavis as Betty's Mother
L. M. Wells as Dr. James Scranton
Lafe McKee as Chief Obar Sen
Vonda Phelps as Betty as a Little Girl
Olin Francis 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").[3]

References

Erish, Andrew A. (2012). Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood. University of Texas Press. p. 127.
"The Jungle Goddess". Silent Era.
Gomes de Mattos, A. C. (September 19, 2013). "Seriados Mudos Americanos e Europeus no Brasil II" [American and European Silent Film Serials in Brazil II]. Histórias de Cinema (in Portuguese).

External links

The Jungle Goddess at IMDb

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[1] Erish, Andrew A. (2012). Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood. University of Texas Press. p. 127.

[Silenterajg-2] "The Jungle Goddess". Silent Era.

[seriados2-3] Gomes de Mattos, A. C. (September 19, 2013). "Seriados Mudos Americanos e Europeus no Brasil II" [American and European Silent Film Serials in Brazil II]. Histórias de Cinema (in Portuguese).