Daughter of the Jungle (1949)

Daughter of the Jungle (1949). 1h 9m | Approved

“Yep, Iu0026#39;ve seen it. In fact, I even have a VHS copy, taken from a copy, taken off TV. This is one Iu0026#39;ll grab on DVD the moment it becomes available.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a stinker. Ranked in some lists within the worst 100 movies of all time. Shots of Ms. Hall doing here Tarzan yell were included in u0026quot;It Came from Hollywoodu0026quot;. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLois Hall is a friend of mine and sheu0026#39;s both horrified and proud of this Monogram picture. It was her first starring role, at 19, and she found it to be tremendous fun, for her. As a Minnesota tom-boy she relished the chance to u0026quot;play Tarzanu0026quot;, something she had often done, as a child. The yell was hers and she loved swinging from tree to tree. Many of the more u0026quot;excitingu0026quot; scenes were taken from an earlier flick, and Lois had to wear an old costume (pulled out of moth balls) — the same one worn in the original picture — to make it easier to match the footage. I think the crock and gorilla scenes were from the first movie, as well as some of the u0026quot;swingingu0026quot; scenes which were done by a stunt double, in the first film, and reused in u0026quot;Daughteru0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlthough this film has a reputation as one of the u0026quot;worstu0026quot;, itu0026#39;s really not any worse than dozens of other u0026quot;jungleu0026quot; pictures. The natives arenu0026#39;t PC or authentic. Well, there was never any attempt to come close to u0026quot;realityu0026quot; in most of these pictures. The story is far fetched, but no more so than the original Tarzan picture or ANY of the other u0026quot;wild blonde beauty in the jungleu0026quot; fantasy, such as u0026quot;Liane, Jungle Goddessu0026quot;, u0026quot;Blonde Savageu0026quot; or u0026quot;Queen of the Amazonsu0026quot;. Itu0026#39;s just as far from reality as well as a slew of u0026quot;Tarzanu0026quot; and u0026quot;Jungle Jimu0026quot; films or those made featuring Buster Crabbe. Even the u0026quot;Ramar of the Jungleu0026quot; TV series (in which Ms. Hall also appeared in at least one episode) was guilty of all the same problems. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn fact, can anyone name one jungle film (and the sub-genre of u0026quot;jungle zombie filmsu0026quot;) from the 30u0026#39;s-50u0026#39;s that doesnu0026#39;t suffer from all the same flaws as u0026quot;Daughteru0026quot;. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis one is worth the 70 minutes (or so) it takes to muddle through. If youu0026#39;re ready to suspend reality and have some fun, this one works. Iu0026#39;ve watched it with family, and with a dozen or so friends — including Lois Hall and her late husband, Maurice Willows (and a big batch of popcorn) — and weu0026#39;ve enjoyed it, every time (well, I donu0026#39;t know how much Lois enjoyed it, but she did make it through).”