The Jungle Mystery

Jungle Mystery
Poster of chapter 1
Directed by	Ray Taylor
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	1932 (1932)
Running time	12 chapters (240 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

Jungle Mystery is a 1932 American Pre-Code Universal movie serial directed by Ray Taylor. Set in Zanzibar, it depicts the search by various parties for a missing man, as well as a legendary cache of ivory.

Cast

Tom Tyler as Kirk Montgomery
Noah Beery Jr. as Fred Oakes
Cecilia Parker as Barbara Morgan
William Desmond as John Morgan (Barbara's father)
Philo McCullough as Georgie Coutlass
Carmelita Geraghty as Belle Waldron
James A. Marcus as Boris Shillov
Anders Van Haden as Comrade Krotsky (Shillov's chief henchman)
Frank Lackteen as Kazimoto
Peggy Watts as Azu (Barbara's servant)
Sam Baker As Zungu (the title character; half-man, half-ape)
Onslow Stevens as Jack Morgan (Barbara's missing brother; uncredited)
Ralph Morgan as Recap Narrator (voice; uncredited)

Production

Jungle Mystery was based on "The Ivory Trail" by Talbot Mundy.^[1]

The film is noteworthy for its extensive use of stock footage of various jungle animals, many of them repeated frequently throughout the serial. (There's even a shot of tigers, which are not native to Africa.) Apart from one sequence filmed in Bronson Canyon, it was shot entirely on the Universal backlot and soundstages.

Although it had been believed lost for many years, the original nitrate negative was in fact still in the Universal vaults. It was preserved in 2016 (along with the cutdown feature version, released in 1935 and running approximately 75 minutes) and officially re-premiered at the Cinecon Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, CA during the 2016 Labor Day weekend.

Chapter titles

Into the Dark Continent
The Ivory Trail
The Death Stream
Poisoned Fangs
The Mystery Cavern
Daylight Doom
The Jaws of Death
Trapped by the Enemy
The Jungle Terror
Ambushed!
The Lion's Fury
Buried Treasure

_Source:^[2]

References

↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 11. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 206. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

The Jungle Mystery at the Internet Movie Database
The Jungle Mystery at AllMovie

Preceded by Heroes of the West (1932)	Universal Serial The Jungle Mystery (1932)	Succeeded by The Lost Special (1932)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in Eighteen Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West The Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

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