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Lost City of the Jungle
Lost City of the Jungle
Directed by	Lewis D. Collins; Ray Taylor
Written by	Joseph F. Poland; Paul Huston; Tom Gibson
Produced by	Morgan Cox; Joseph O'Donnell
Starring	Russell Hayden; Jane Adams; Lionel Atwill; Keye Luke
Cinematography	Gus Peterson
Edited by	Irving Birnbaum; Jack Dolan; Joseph Gluck; D. Pat Kelley; Alvin Todd; Edgar Zane
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 23, 1946;
Running time	13 chapters (265 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Lost City of the Jungle is a 1946 Universal movie serial.

Plot

Recent atom tests show a certain element - Meteorium 245 - as a defense against the atomic bomb. The evil Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) has traced a Meteorium deposit to the Himalayan nation of Pendrang, ruled by casino owner Indra (Helen Bennett). Hazarias fakes his own death and shows up in Pendrang as philanthropist Geoffrey London. With him is Malborn (John Mylong), his faithful secretary who is actually the real mastermind, Hazarias being his decoy. Thus begins a search for Meteorium, under the guise of seeking the lost city of Pendrang. On the trail of Hazarias is United Peace Foundation operative Rod Stanton (Russell Hayden), there to unmask London as Hazarias and put a stop to his evil schemes.^[1]

Cast

Russell Hayden as Rod Stanton, United Peace Foundation operative
Jane Adams as Marjorie Elmore
Keye Luke as Tal Shan
Lionel Atwill as Sir Eric Hazarias/ Geoffrey London
John Mylong as Malborn, the "real" villain of the serial, posing as Geoffrey London's servant
George Lynn as Marlow, one of Hazarias' henchmen
Dick Curtis as Johnson, one of Hazarias' henchmen
Helen Bennett as Indra
Ted Hecht as Doc Harris
John Eldredge as Doctor Elmore
John Miljan as Doctor Gaffron
John Gallaudet as Professor Grebb
Arthur Space as "System" Reeves
Frances Chung as Lakana Shan
Gene Roth as Police Captain Hammond

Production

Lionel Atwill was ill and died of lung cancer and pneumonia during the filming of this serial. Atwill had been cast as the mastermind villain, Sir Eric Hazarias, a foreign spy chief. Universal did not want to throw out the footage already filmed of their name star, so they chose to adapt the serial. First, another villain, Malborn, (played by John Mylong), who was originally just a servant of Sir Eric, was reworked to be the boss of Atwill's character and took over most of the active villain requirements of the film. Secondly, a double of Atwill was used to complete additional scenes involving the character Hazarias, seen either wearing a disguise or filmed from behind or at a distance. Thirdly, the script was rewritten so that the character Malborn dominated the first several episodes, with only the disguised Hazarias being seen, while the footage filmed with Atwill as Hazarias, often speaking only a few lines and standing around the set of his cave hideout (because he had been too ill to do much more), was shifted to the last half of the serial and supplemented by lengthy shots of his henchmen describing various of their activities to him.

Lost City of the Jungle was Universal's penultimate serial; the final Universal serial was The Mysterious Mr. M, which was also released in 1946.^[2]

Chapter titles

Himalaya Horror
The Death Flood
Wave Length for Doom
The Pit of Pendrang
Fiery Danger
Death's Shining Face
Speedboat Missing
Fire Jet Torture
Zalabar Death Watch
Booby Trap Rendezvous
Pendrang Guillotine
Jungle Smash-up
Atomic Vengeance

_Source:^[3]

References

^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 318. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 35. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 243. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.