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; ; 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, 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"
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

[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).

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