Product Details

• Actors: Rochelle Hudson
• Directors: Harry L. Fraser
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: July 27, 2005
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009OL8VW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,717 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Savage Girl" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 08/24/2005

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Old B picture brightened by Rochelle Hudson, July 15, 2009

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William R. Ray (Arden, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Savage Girl (DVD)

The DVD transfer is fair but shows the signs of age. It's actually better than I expected.

3 Americans travel to Africa to trap wild animals. They start the journey by bringing their New York cabbie and his cab! They hire a German(?) guide and several natives, one of whom (Floyd Shackelford) turns out to be from Harlem looking for a way back to the states. While trapping, our group finds a wild girl (Rochelle Hudson). There is an instant rivalry between the guide and our fearless American expedition leader (Harry C. Meyers). The savage girl is attracted to the American and spurns the guide. The guide convinces the local native villagers to capture the American. Our American African becomes the hero when he alerts the others to the situation and rushes to free the leader.

We do have a happy ending.

This film is most definitely a B with low production values and a weak plot. However, I was very impressed with how lovely Rochelle Hudson is in this film. Her dialogue is very limited (her character does not speak English) but she certainly is the high point of this movie. The scenes of wild animals (a leopard and a lion) are obviously stock footage but we do see Rochelle cuddling with 2 leopard cubs and walking with a very young chimpanzee.

While this film was made in 1932, it cannot be called as a "pre-code". There are none of the adult oriented themes or skimpy clothing associated with that classification of film. Instead, this is more of a Saturday matinee adventure film. "The Savage Girl" is for collectors only but the price is right. The 3 stars are for the antique nature of the production and the fact that this film is the fore runner to later films about jungle goddesses.

Recommended for: all ages but teens won't make it 5 minutes.

5.0 out of 5 stars Mild Pre-Code Jungle Fun Flick, June 9, 2011

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Ron Wise (Cleveland, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Savage Girl (DVD)

For an Alpha release, the picture and sound of this oldie but goodie are not bad.

I was surprised at how entertaining this film was considerting that I've seen quite a few jungle movies that were long on stock footage of lions and alligators and short on an actual story.

This film has a list of characters that are fun including a good and heroic safari leader on a mission to gather some wild animals for his rich friend who wants to establish a private zoo on his estate grounds. The rich friend also goes to Africa and brings along a New York cabbie and his cab. I know it all sounds far-fetched, but it actually seems to work in this film.

And the "savage girl" herself is a real jewel of the jungle. She's innocent and trusting and not at all like some of the tough jungle women in other movies. She is attracted to the safari leader who wants to protect her from the evils of the outside world.

This film was made in 1932 and there are some elements in the movie that are not politically correct by today's standards. In spite of the context of those times, the Africian-American from Harlem who is part of the safari performs several heroic acts and saves the day near the end of the film resulting in a happy ending.

In my opinion, this is one of the better of the early "jungle genre" films.