| The Jungle Goddess | |
| Director: | James Conway |
| Producer: | William Selig (as Col. William Selig) |
| Starring: | Elinor Field Truman Van Dyke Marie Pavis |
| Distributor: | William N. Selig Productions Warner Bros. |
| Runtime: | 15 episodes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Jungle Goddess is a 1922 American adventure film serial, directed by James Conway, in 15 chapters, starring Elinor Field, Truman Van Dyke and Marie Pavis. A co-production by William N. Selig Productions and Warner Bros.,[1] it was distributed by the Export & Import Film Company, and ran in U.S. theaters between May 15 and August 21, 1922.
This serial is considered lost.[2]
A young girl is kidnapped and put in the basket of a hot air balloon. The balloon is accidentally cut loose and drifts into the middle of the African jungle. The young girl is captured by a tribe of cannibals, who transform her into the tribe's goddess. Years later, a young man who had been her childhood friend organizes a jungle expedition to find and save her.
The film was given an international release, being released in Brazil under the title A Deusa do Sertão ("The Goddess of the Sertão").[3]
The film serial received generally good reviews, with reviews in film magazines describing The Jungle Goddess as being more "elaborate" and "thrilling" with its "unadulterated action."[4]