Film

Love Life of a Gorilla

1937 · 1h 17m · Documentary · Horror · Adventure

Do Native Women Live With Apes?

This little-seen compilation 'educational' documentary from producer Samuel Cummins was an independently-produced jungle exploitation film typical of the 30s. It was inspired after the success of the pre-Code exploitation film Ingagi (1931) about gorilla-worshipping Congolese native women, and after the success of RKO's King Kong (1933). The film speculated that there was social/sexual intercourse or matings between African women and gorillas, after a Ubangi maiden was abducted by a gorilla and carried off into the jungle. It was considered scandalous and "off-color" by the Board of Review because of the theme of "the mating of women with wild animals and because of nude figures in the picture." The film included sensational content (ineptly interspersed with horrible stock footage) including a few shots of topless native women (censored versions superimposed fake ferns over bare breasts) and lusty gorillas (men in monkey suits). (filmsite.org)

• Maj. Frank BrownDirector
• Samuel CumminsEditor

Release date

January 1, 1937

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Documentary, Horror, Adventure

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