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The serial's production budget $171,415 but the negative cost rose to $177,404 (over budget by $5,989, or 3.5%). This was the most expensive Republic serial of 1941. [1] Jungle Girl was the first sound serial to have a female lead. [4] The serial was successful enough that a semi-sequel, Perils of Nyoka, was produced in 1942.
Nyoka the Jungle Girl is a fictional character created for the screen in the 1941 serial Jungle Girl, starring Frances Gifford as Nyoka Meredith. After the initial film, Nyoka appeared in comic books published by Fawcett , Charlton , and AC Comics .
Perils of Nyoka is a 1942 Republic serial directed by William Witney. It stars Kay Aldridge as Nyoka the Jungle Girl, a character who first appeared in the Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired serial Jungle Girl.
Nyoka (Fawcett's Jungle Girl/Nyoka the Jungle Girl and Master Comics), and the main character in the 1941 movie serial Jungle Girl and its 1942 sequel Perils of Nyoka Nula is another jungle girl also from the webcomic "Kaza's Mate Gwenna" who considers herself to be a predecessor to Gwenna and decides to be a nudist like the latter after an ...
Jungle Girl: 1941 15 Jungle William Witney and John English Frances Gifford: Based on Nyoka the Jungle Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs: 23 King of the Texas Rangers: 1941 12 Western William Witney and John English Slingin' Sammy Baugh: 24 Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. 1941 15 Crime William Witney and John English Ralph Byrd Based on the comic strip ...
A 15-episode film serial was produced in 1941, [2] but it was set in Africa and the story bore no relation to the plot of the novel.. In October 18, 2014, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., began a paid webcomic on their official website, by Martin Powell (script), Will Meugniot (art) and Jo Meugniot (colors). [3]
At forty-five days, the serial's production also shares the title of the second longest shoot of all Republic serials with Jungle Girl (1941). The longest was Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) at forty-seven days. [1] The serial's production number was 1295. [1] A car chase from this serial was re-used in Flying Disc Man from Mars. [3]
Gifford played several more minor roles before she was, in 1941, lent to Republic Pictures and cast in the role which would arguably produce her most enduring fame: as the semiclad Nyoka in Jungle Girl, a 15-chapter movie serial, based very loosely on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.