DARKEST AFRICA 15 CHAPTER SERIAL 1936 Darkest Africa (1936) is a Republic movie serial. This was the first serial produced by Republic Pictures and was a loose sequel to a Mascot Pictures serial called The Lost Jungle, also starring Clyde Beatty. Mascot, and other companies, had been taken over in 1935 by Consolidated Film Laboratories and merged to become Republic. Producer Nat Levine was formerly the owner of Mascot Pictures. PLOT: While on Safari in East Africa, Clyde Beatty runs into a loincloth wearing boy, Baru, and his pet ape Bonga. Baru reveals that he has escaped from the lost city of Joba, King Solomon's sacred city of the Golden Bat, but that his sister, Valerie, remains there. She was found by High Priest Dagna as a child and declared to be Joba's goddess as part of his quest for power. Her escape could cause a revolt among the city's citizens. Clyde agrees to help Baru rescue Valerie and they set out to Joba, through the Valley of Lost Souls. Meanwhile, the unscrupulous Durkin and Craddock notice the green diamond Baru is wearing and follow them to plunder the city for similar jewels. Dagna receives word of the heroes approach from his Bat-men and makes plans to stop them. CAST: Clyde Beatty ... Clyde Beatty Manuel King ... Baru Tremaine Elaine Shepard ... Valerie Tremaine Lucien Prival ... Dagna Wheeler Oakman ... Durkin Edward McWade ... Gorn Edmund Cobb ... Craddock Ray Turner ... Hambone Donald Reed ... Negus [Chs. 11-12] CHAPTERS: 1. BARU - Son of the Jungle 2.The Tiger-Men's God 3. Bat-Men of Joba 4. The Hunter Lions of Joba 5. Bonga's Courage 6. Prisoners of the High Priest 7. Swing for Life 8. Fang and Claw 9. When Birdmen Strike 10. Trial by Thunder-Rods 11. Jars of Death 12. Revolt of the Slaves 13. Gauntlet of Destruction 14. The Divine Sacrifice 15. The Prophecy of Gorn Running time: 15 chapters / 269 minutes Please note: I am a UK seller. DVDs are PAL encoded. Any DVD player bought within the past five or six years should play PAL or NTSC without problem. However, please ensure your DVD player can play PAL discs.