THE KING OF THE KONGO (1929) Jacqueline Logan, Walter Miller & Richard Tucker | Action |Cinema Gem

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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).

Synopsis:

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 & Crew:
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, included in the film as a red herring (Spoiler Alert: He is actually the heroine's missing father).[2]
Larry Steers as Jack Drake
Harry Todd as Commodore
Richard Neill as Prisoner
Lafe McKee as Trader John
J.P. Lockney as Priest. (some sources list Lockney as Leckray due to poor video transfers. This is an error in transcription.)
William P. Burt as Mooney
J. Gordon Russell as Derelict
Robert Frazer as Native chief
Ruth Davis as Poppy
Joe Bonomo as Gorilla

Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Written by: Harry Sinclair Drago, Wyndham Gittens
Produced by: Nat Levine
Cinematography: Ernest Laszlo, Ray Ries
Distributed by: Mascot Pictures
Release Date: August 9, 1929
Running Time: 10 chapters (213 minutes)
Country: United States
Language: Sound (Part-Talking), English