Here is a laugh-out-loud epic from 1935 that makes the old Universal and Republic serials (Flash Gordon, Undersea Kingdom) look like Avatar. This show must have seemed racist even in the unenlightened year of 1935. Set in Africa, this show sends the message that if you are black, you can be given a new lease on life by being turned white. You will then run around whooping it up with glee. The only element of good acting may come from the unknown actress who plays the evil queen. A giant black slave named Hugo staggers around the proceedings grunting and leering into the camera, and once-promising actress Claudia Dell (Sweet Kitty Bellairs) contributes to the show by screaming every 30 seconds or so. This serial is the "Plan 9 From Outer Space" of it's genre. So unbelievably bad that it is a hoot to watch.
Review of The Lost City
