The Jungle Goddess

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., 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.

Synopsis
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.

Cast

 * Elinor Field as Betty Castleton / "Jungle Goddess"
 * Truman Van Dyke as Ralph Dean
 * Marie Pavis as Betty's Mother
 * L. M. Wells as Dr. James Scranton
 * Lafe McKee as Chief Obar Sen
 * Vonda Phelps as Betty as a Little Girl
 * Olin Francis as High Priest
 * William Pratt as Constable
 * George Reed as Native guide

Chapter titles

 * 1) Sacrificed to the Lions
 * 2) The City of Blind Waters
 * 3) Saved by the Great Ape
 * 4) The Hell-Ship
 * 5) Wild Beasts in Command
 * 6) Sky High with a Leopard
 * 7) The Rajah's Revenge
 * 8) The Alligator's Victim
 * 9) At Grips with Death
 * 10) The Leopard Woman
 * 11) Soul of Buddha
 * 12) Jaws of Death
 * 13) Cave of Beasts
 * 14) Jungle Terrors
 * 15) The Mad Lion

Release
The film was given an international release, being released in Brazil under the title A Deusa do Sertão ("The Goddess of the Sertão").