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DARKEST AFRICA (1936)
REPUBLIC SERIAL 15 Chapters.
Clyde Beatty finds a young boy Buru living in the jungle. He has escaped from the hidden city of Joba and his sister Valerie is still captive there, hailed as a goddess.
Beatty and Baru head off to Joba to rescue Valerie..
Beatty was a real life lion tamer and there is lots of wild animal antics going on here. One animal that was not real life was gorilla Bonga. Bonga is played once again by Ray 'Crash' Corrigan.
The highlight of this serial is the Bat-Men who fly around the city of Joba.
They look great and the effect is the flying dummy figures used in later serials.
They also fly in formation over the impressive model of Joba.
Great fun.