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I expected something rotten. The trivia lists this as among the fifty worst movies of all time. Some reviewers called it a stinker here, too, but these people must live very sheltered lives. I have seen far worse.

The truth is that "Daughter of the Jungle" is an average jungle movie of the period with a few amusing moments. It finishes, leaving you pleasantly entertained. It appears to be a loose Tarzan rip-off - even down to the similar jungle cry. While this was unconvincing, it was immediately apparent where it came from.

Lois Hall was delightful as our female Tarzan and is having a great time with this. When someone enjoys themselves, it comes across on screen and helps. One problem with her character is that the writers seemingly could not decide whether to make her a strong Tarzan type or a fragile, helpless female. Both sides are presented in different scenes and make her character a bit confused. She always looks fantastic, but given the genre, a slightly shorter jungle outfit might have helped a little more at the box office.

Anyway, without giving any more away, if you like this sort of silliness (and I, for one, do), you wouldn't be wasting your time on this one. Those who say it's one of the fifty worst films have clearly led sheltered lives. It is average but not the worst and remains entertaining overall.

I saw this movie on Blu-Ray as part of the "Tales of Adventure Collection Part Two". Print quality was excellent.

For me this was all about the visuals. The film itself was slightly messy and slightly dull. The Hollywood Musicals this was a pastiche of typically had run lengths of 70 to 90 mins with the majority being shorter rather than longer. This was for a reason - the plots were usually too thin to sustain longer run lengths and so effort was put into making them short, but beautiful to watch and snappy. When you extend this to 137m it doesn't work. Pointlessly exact recreations of specific moments in Busby Berkeley routines seemed a bit redundant too unless intended as thrills for fans of those films to check out. If you don't know the originals don't watch this - go and find them first. All this meant that originality was slightly lacking delightful though they were to see in colour. Overall not a flop. Watch when pleasantly inebriated and it might work better. Twiggy was effective. Vladek Sheybal was underused.