| The Jungle Princess | |
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| Directed by | William Thiele |
| Produced by | E. Lloyd Sheldon |
| Written by | William Thiele |
| Starring | Dorothy Lamour Ray Milland Ray Mala |
| Music by | Frederick Hollande Gregory Stone |
| Cinematography | Harry Fischbeck |
| Editing by | Ellsworth Hoagland |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 24, 1936 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $600,000 (estimate) |
The Jungle Princess is a 1936 motion picture released by Paramount Pictures, directed by William Thiele, and starring Dorothy Lamour in her film debut, Ray Milland, and Ray Mala.
The film was a major hit and launched Lamour's career as one of the leading stars of the era, often cast in similar sarong clad jungle adventure romances, which led to her playing leading lady to Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the Road to... musical comedy movie series beginning four years later.
Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead. But the tiger is the pet of Ulah, a beautiful young woman who grew up by herself in the jungle. She rescues Chris and takes him back to her cave, where she nurses him to health and falls in love with him. When he eventually returns to camp, she follows. The fiancée is jealous, and the natives don't like Ulah or her pet tiger either, all of which leads to a lot of trouble.