Ramar of the Jungle

Ramar of the Jungle was a syndicated American television series (1952–1954) that starred Jon Hall as Dr. Tom Reynolds^[1] (the titular “ramar,” an African title for a white medicine man) and Ray Montgomery as his associate, Professor Howard Ogden. Episodes were set in Africa and India.

Actor Jon Hall created the series, and starred in it, obviously trying to emulate the then-popular "Jungle Jim" movies. Produced by Rudolph Flothow for Arrow Productions and ITC Entertainment, four sets of 13 episodes were produced, for a total of 52. Each episode runs approximately 25 minutes. In season one, the first 13 episodes are set in Africa and the second 13 are set in India. In the second season, all 26 episodes take place in Africa.

Several television episodes were later combined and released as theatrical movies by producer Leon Fromkess.^[2]

Alpha Video ^[3] has released 11 Ramar DVDs, containing a total of 44 of the 52 episodes. There are eight episodes which have not been released by Alpha.

Episodes

"Blind Peril"
"The Blue Treasure"
"The Bride of the Idol"
"The Burning Barrier"
"Call to Danger"
"Contraband"
"The Crocodile God of Kaa"
"Curse of the Devil Doll"
"Danger in Disguise"
"Dark Justice"
"Dark Venture"
"The Devil's Soul"
"The Doomed Safari"
"Drums of Doom"
"Drums of the Jungle"
"Evil Strangers"
"Evil Trek"
"The Flaming Mountain"
"The Flower of Doom"
"The Forbidden Village"
"The Golden Tablet"
"The Hidden Treasure"
"Idol Voo-Doo"
"Jungle Terror"
"Jungle Treasure"
"Jungle Vengeance"

"King of the Watus"
"Lady of the Leopards"
"The Lost Safari"
"Mark of the Bola"
"The Mark of Shaitan"
"The Mask of Kreenah"
"The Mystic Pawn"
"Queen of Sidonis"
"The Road of No Return"
"The Sacred Monkey"
"Savage Challenge"
"Savage Fury"
"Striped Fury"
"Thunder over Sangoland"
"The Tiger's Claw"
"Trail to Danger"
"The Tree of Death"
"Tribal Feud"
"The Unknown Terror"
"Urn of Destiny"
"Valley of No Return"
"The Voice in the Sky"
"Voice of the Past"
"White Man's Magic"
"White Savages"
"Zombie Terror"

Movies

Four movies were made for Lippert Pictures by combining several TV episodes together:

White Goddess (1953)
Eyes of the Jungle (1953)
Thunder Over Sangoland (1955)
Phantom of the Jungle (1955)

In addition, seven movies were made for television viewing:

Ramar and the Burning Barrier (1964, ITC, 82 minutes, b&w)
Ramar and the Deadly Females (1964, ITC, 80 minutes, b&w)
Ramar and the Jungle Secrets (1964, ITC, 81 minutes, b&w)
Ramar's Mission to India (1964, ITC, 80 minutes, b&w)
Ramar and the Savage Challenges (1964, ITC, 83 minutes, b&w)
Ramar and the Hidden Terrors (1964, ITC, 83 minutes, b&w)
Ramar and the Jungle Voodoo (1964, ITC, 78 minutes, b&w)

Merchandising

Ramar's popularity in not only its initial run but syndication led to a wide variety of tie-in toy guns, comic books, board games, costumes, iron-on shirt transfers, jigsaw puzzles and playsets.

Popular culture

Jimmy Buffett referenced this show in his song "Pencil Thin Mustache" in the verse, "Ramar of the Jungle was everyone's bwana, but only jazz musicians were smoking marijuana."

References

↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. P. 683.
↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 11. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
↑ http://www.oldies.com

External links

Ramar of the Jungle tribute page
Ramar of the Jungle on IMDb
Ramar of the Jungle episodes at the Internet Archive

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