The King of the Kongo
A Secret Service agent searches the jungle for his missing brother, also an agent. He encounters a young woman there who is also searching, but for her missing father. They encounter a gang of ivory smugglers who hold a prisoner who knows the secrets of the missing people and a lost treasure. The pair are also menaced by a giant gorilla which guards the temple which is the smugglers' lair.
The King of the Kongo (1929) is a Mascot film serial, and was the first serial to have sound, although only partial sound (“Part Talking”) rather than the later (and now standard) “All-Talking” productions with complete sound. The first episode was a “three reeler” with the remaining nine episodes being “two reelers” (approximately 15 minutes per film reel).
Plot
Independently, the two protagonists, Diana Martin and Secret Service agent Larry Trent are searching the jungle for missing relatives, her father and his brother. Tied up in this plot are ivory smugglers and a lost treasure hidden in the jungle.
Cast
Jacqueline Logan as Diana Martin
Walter Miller as Larry Trent, Secret Service Agent
Richard Tucker as Chief of the Secret Service
Boris Karloff as Scarface Macklin. The near fatal events occurring to the hero are preceded by shadowy shots of Karloff. However, he is revealed not to be the villain in the final chapter (he is actually the heroine’s father).[2]
Larry Steers as Jack Drake
Harry Todd as Commodore
Richard Neill as Prisoner
Lafe McKee as Trader John
J.P. Leckray as Priest
William P. Burt as Mooney
J. Gordon Russell as Derelict
Robert Frazer as Native chief
Ruth Davis as Poppy
Joe Bonomo as Gorilla
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