Cheela the ape stars in captive wild woman with john. Watch captive wild woman starring john carradine in this horror on directv. Captive wild woman, us lobbycard, ray corrigan, carrying. Universal decided the time was ripe for a new monster, and 1943s captive wild woman introduced the world to paula dupree, aka the ape woman. Acquanetta hit hollywood like a minor earthquake in 1943, with rythm of the islands and captive wild woman. The other star of the film is naturally the captive wild woman, acquanetta an actress worthy of a book of her own, perhaps not because of her talents, but because of her life. Find release information for captive wild woman 1943 edward dmytryk on allmovie. But when they sneak outside of arlenes watergate apartments bedroom to mail in their contest entry, stumbling upon a latenight breakin, fate has other plans in store for them.
However, a severe emotional jolt soon reverts her back into her primitive self with disastrous consequences. See the full list of captive wild woman cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Acquanetta, john carradine, evelyn anker, milburn stone, lloyd corrigan, dir. The picture was released by universal pictures and was directed by edward dmytryk. Read the captive wild woman plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. Carrol naish, and then the jungle captive 1945 which featured an all new cast including vicky lane as paula dupree. Captive wild woman runs for about 1 hour and just about of the screen time is man vs lion. Weird woman captive wild woman harvard film archive. Captive wild woman was the first starring role of the exotically beautiful acquanetta who had only appeared in two films before this. Its mostly notable for its exciting animal sequences, supervised by a man named clyde beatty whose name is dropped in the script. She was presented as the venezuelan volcano, an exotic. Acquanetta is not a good actress, but when she keeps silent in the first film shes pretty effective in her part. Directed by edward dmytryk starring acquanetta, john carradine, evelyn ankers and milburn stone.
Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. At long last, the post no one has asked for but is getting anyway. The movie was really an excuse to film anilmal trainer and circus performer clyde beatty. Captive wild woman was a an ok slog, but jungle woman was a universal classic horrible movie. Captive wild woman universal 1943 classic monsters. Intertwining the doctors increasingly dangerous experiments with the perilous work of the animal trainer taming vicious lions, captive wild woman channeled the fad for sexualized jungle exotica into a surprise box office hit. Dont worry, youre not alone the ape woman is the most obscure of the universal monsters despite the fact she. An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular. Universals captive wild woman was released on the 4th of june, 1943, some eighteen months later than planned produced by ben pivar and directed by edward dmytryk, the screenplay was penned by ted fithian, neil p varnick, griffin jay and henry sucher, and took the studio out on a limb it had not previously chanced, introducing some of its most erotic themes, such as female vivisection and. The programmer spawned two sequels jungle woman and jungle captive. Captive wild woman 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Captive wild woman was released in 1943 and was directed by edward dmytryk. Cws captive women series ebooks adults only koolworld.
Taking huge chunks of a movie that already used huge chunks of another movie to make a movie should have subjected universal to. Sure, it doesnt compare with the a list universal monsters, but in many ways its a much easier film to love especially when pared against something like the. I love the bizarre antiperformance of acquanetta, the overly ernest mad doctor take from carradine, the steely beauty of evelyn ankers. Captive wild woman, us lobbycard, ray corrigan, carrying acquanetta, 1943. Captive wild woman is a fun programmer from universal. Edward dmytryk directs john carradine and aquanetta in this loopy tale. Captive wild woman is actually the first of a paula dupree trilogy, followed by 1944s jungle woman which saw acquanetta reprising paula as well as the returns of stone and ankers and the addition of j. Paula fits in splendidly becoming an animal trainer who wields strange powers over her lions and tigers. Universals captive wild woman was released on the 4th of june, 1943, some eighteen months later than planned produced by ben pivar and directed by edward dmytryk, the screenplay was penned by ted fithian, neil p varnick, griffin jay and henry sucher, and took the studio out on a limb it had not previously chanced, introducing some of its most erotic themes, such as female.
Walters john carradine transforms an ape into the exotic paula dupree acquanetta, he then turns her loose at the circus. A mad scientist transplants human glands into a gorilla, turning the ape into a beautiful young woman acquanetta. Acquanetta is the star of captive wild woman and this weirdo universal horror flick which focuses most of its attention on a pipsqueak circus and the wannabe lion tamer brave and stout who is eager to make his bones and is not squeamish about making use of a lovely woman who casts a spell on the savage critters but never speaks a word. My father and his friends were seeing stuff like that in carnivals back in the late 30s. A mad scientist is on the prowl and, after he does a brain transplant into a giant gorilla, the results are predictably disastrous. Captive wild woman 1943 is a horror, scifi movie starring acquanetta and john carradine. Sigmund walters, a mad scientist who runs crestview sanitarium where he does secret unsettling experiments involved in gland research that defy nature. By clicking the download button, you accept the responsibility for using unreleased content including obtaining any clearances required for your use and agree to abide by any restrictions. A mad doctor john carradine turns an animal trainers milburn stone ape into paula the apewoman acquanetta. I havent been idle on le internet, ive simply been working on other things, such as art and more art and i started a blog on that process as well and it is here. There was a state fair i went to as a kid that had something like this where are woman transformed into a gorilla on stage. Captive wild woman 1943 a mad doctor john carradine turns an animal trainers milburn stone ape into paula the apewoman acquanetta. Fay helm played ann terry in one of my favorite unsung noirthriller gems phantom lady 1944 where it was all about the hat and she costarred as nurse strand along side john carradine in captive wild woman. Captive wild woman is another hard to find gem that i tracked down on youtube.
Captive wild woman is a 1943 film about a scientist who puts the brain of a gorilla into the body of a woman directed by edward dmytryk. Fay helm as nurse strand with john carradine in captive wild woman. Captive wild woman is a good horror film, i think, with john carradine in his first of many, many mad doctor parts. Captive wild woman 1943 directed by edward dmytryk. The universal publicity department tried to bill her as the venezuelan volcano, although she was in fact more mundanely born as mildred davenport in wyoming of a white mother and arapaho indian father. Captive wild woman 1943 is a scifi horror film starring evelyn ankers, john carradine, milburn stone, and featuring acquanetta.
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