Rochelle Hudson was a sweet ingenue of the Madge Evans variety, whose career never really got off the ground. She started out as the good girl in "Are These Our Children" (1932) and as a sweet heroine saved from white slavery in Mae West's "She Done Him Wrong" (1933). Her most prestigious roles were as Jessie in "Imitation of Life" (1934) and as Cosette in "Les Miserables" (1935) but her steadiest employment was as the voice of Honey in the very entertaining "Bosko" series.
Jim Franklin (Walter Byron), a young scientist agrees to join eccentric millionaire Amos Stitch (Harry Myers, in a role he could play in his sleep) on an African safari. They are joined at the docks by a cabbie and his taxi - the cabbie has expressed a desire to Amos that he has always wanted to go to Africa and he is about to get his wish.
Trouble starts soon - Jim finds a partner in Alec Bernouth, who claims there is a legendary white Goddess where they are going. Rochelle Hudson is simply stunning as "The Goddess" - there are countless scenes of her playing with cute leopard cubs and climbing trees in her scanty leopard skin jungle attire. Unbeknownst to them, she continually thwarts their efforts to hunt by releasing their captured animals by night. She is finally caught and thrown in a hut - Franklin intends to let her go but Bernouth has other ideas. After surprising him in her hut, Bernouth is banished from the expedition but starts a native uprising. Franklin is caught and faces certain death in a savage ritual. Amos saves the day by riding shotgun on his cab and now all that is left to do is to rescue the Goddess from the brutish clutches of Bernouth.
"The Savage Girl" was probably made to cash in on the then enormously popular film "Tarzan of the Apes"(1932). It was also an early entry in the jungle girl films later made popular by Dorothy Lamour. It did give Rochelle her first lead even though it was strictly small time.
Jim Franklin (Walter Byron), a young scientist agrees to join eccentric millionaire Amos Stitch (Harry Myers, in a role he could play in his sleep) on an African safari. They are joined at the docks by a cabbie and his taxi - the cabbie has expressed a desire to Amos that he has always wanted to go to Africa and he is about to get his wish.
Trouble starts soon - Jim finds a partner in Alec Bernouth, who claims there is a legendary white Goddess where they are going. Rochelle Hudson is simply stunning as "The Goddess" - there are countless scenes of her playing with cute leopard cubs and climbing trees in her scanty leopard skin jungle attire. Unbeknownst to them, she continually thwarts their efforts to hunt by releasing their captured animals by night. She is finally caught and thrown in a hut - Franklin intends to let her go but Bernouth has other ideas. After surprising him in her hut, Bernouth is banished from the expedition but starts a native uprising. Franklin is caught and faces certain death in a savage ritual. Amos saves the day by riding shotgun on his cab and now all that is left to do is to rescue the Goddess from the brutish clutches of Bernouth.
"The Savage Girl" was probably made to cash in on the then enormously popular film "Tarzan of the Apes"(1932). It was also an early entry in the jungle girl films later made popular by Dorothy Lamour. It did give Rochelle her first lead even though it was strictly small time.