Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead.
Should you watch The Jungle Princess today? If you are a fan of 1930s oddities, maybe. If you want a grounded survival story, stay far away. This is pure, unadulterated studio fantasy where the 'jungle' looks like a very dusty soundstage in California. Dorothy Lamour is clearly the main event here. She carries this thi...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Wilhelm Thiele
Victor Heerman
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"Should you watch The Jungle Princess today? If you are a fan of 1930s oddities, maybe. If you want a grounded survival story, stay far away. This is pure, unadulterated studio fantasy where the 'jungle' looks like a very dusty soundstage in California. Dorothy Lamour is clearly the main event here. She carries this thing with a sort of breezy confidence that makes the ridiculous sarong-and-tiger routine almost believable. Or, at least, it makes you stop questioning why she is hanging out with a ..."
James P. Spencer
Gerald Geraghty, Gouverneur Morris, Cyril Hume, Frank Partos, Charles Brackett, Max Marcin
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