The Tiger Woman
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| The Tiger Woman | |
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| Directed by | Spencer Bennet Wallace Grissell |
| Produced by | William J. O'Sullivan |
| Written by | Royal Cole Ronald Davidson Basil Diskey Jesse Duffy Grant Nelson Joseph Poland |
| Starring | Linda Stirling Allan Lane Duncan Renaldo George J. Lewis LeRoy Mason Crane Whitley Robert Frazer Rico De Montez |
| Cinematography | Bud Thackery Ernest Miller |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1944 |
| Running time | 12 chapters (196 min) |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $180,292 (negative cost: $206,191)[1] |
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The Tiger Woman (1944) is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Allan Lane and Linda Stirling (her serial debut). In 1966 it was edited into the 100-minute film "Jungle Gold".
Linda Stirling is a jungle girl lost in the South American rainforest and ruling a native tribe. The serial's plot is a variant on the common serial and B-Western "Land Grab" plot - in this case, the villains attempt to run the natives of the land so thatthey can claim its valuable oil reserves.
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[edit] Plot overview
Evil oil speculators in South America attempt to drive away a native tribe and their leader, the Tiger Woman.
[edit] Cast
- Linda Stirling as Tiger Woman/Rita Arnold
- Allan Lane as Allen Saunders
- Duncan Renaldo as José Delgado
- George J. Lewis as Morgan
- LeRoy Mason as Fletcher Walton
- Crane Whitley as Tom Dagget
- Robert Frazer as Ramgah, High Priest
- Rico De Montez as Tegula
- Stanley Price as Mack, Dagget's Clerk
[edit] Chapter titles
- The Temple of Terror
- Doorway to Death
- Cathedral of Carnage
- Echo of Eternity
- Two Shall Die
- Dungeon of the Doomed
- Mile-a-Minute Murder
- Passage to Peril
- Cruise to Cremation
- Target for Murder
- The House of Horror
- Triumph over Treachery
This was one of the two 12-chapter serials produced by Republic Pictures in 1944 (The other, also starring Linda Stirling, was Zorro's Black Whip). As was customary for Republic, two 15-chapter serials were also released in this year.[1]
[edit] Stunts & Effects
[edit] Stunts
- Babe DeFreest as Tiger Woman/Rita Arnold (doubling Linda Stirling)
- Tom Steele as Allen Saunders/Tunnel Thug/Road Block Thug/Ambusher (doubling Allan Lane)
- Ken Terrell as José Delgado/Morgan/Mack/Fletcher Walton/Bolton/Depot Thug/Oil Truck Driver (doubling Duncan Renaldo, George J. Lewis, Stanley Price & LeRoy Mason)
- Eddie Parker as Tom Dagget/Office Thug/Depot Thug/Trooper/Travis/Oil Truck Thug (doubling Crane Whitley)
- Duke Greene as Gentry/Steward-Thug/Motor Boat Thug/Truck Driver/Shack Heavy/Ambusher (doubling Kenne Duncan)
[edit] Special Effects
The special model effects were produced by Theodore Lydecker.
[edit] Production
The Tiger Woman was budgeted for $180,292 but the final negative cost rose to $206,191 (an increase of $25,899 or 14.4%, compared to the average, for a Republic serial, of $8,199.55 or 5.7%). This serial had the third biggest budget of the sixty-six Republic serials (exceeded only by Captain America (1944) at $182,623 and The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) at $193,878) although it is only the fifth most expensive in terms of the actual production cost. The other four, however, were all 15-chapters long, compared to Tiger Woman's 12-chapters, so this is, per chapter, the most expensive of all Republic serials.[1]
The serial is also known as "Perils of the Darkest Jungle" and was made under the working title "The Tiger Woman of the Amazon"
The look of Tiger Woman's costume obviously has nothing to do with tigers (it has spots rather than stripes, for example). However, it is possible that it is meant to be a Jaguar costume and the title should be The Tigre Woman instead (due to its South American location). Another explanation is that the costume was designed to have a Tiger-like appearance but the studio could not acquire Tiger-design fabric in time for shooting.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Mathis, Jack; Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement; 1995; ISBN 0-9632878-1-8
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Captain America (1944) |
Republic Serial The Tiger Woman(1944) |
Succeeded by Haunted Harbor (1944) |
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