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Sam NewfieldNabonga (1944)

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This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Director: Sam Newfield
Production Company: Producers Releasing Corporation
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: Adventure

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Dark Moon - - August 13, 2011
Subject: What a shame

"AV Geek Skip" has uploaded a large number of DVD rips—always the MPEG2 hot off the DVD, and never transcoded to a more efficient format—but I hadn't seen one of his uploads before where he disabled IA's automatic derivative file generator, which produces the (much smaller) OGG and MP4 files. And that ticks me off, because this looks like a fun film to watch—if for no other reason than to see "Crash" Corrigan and Buster Crabbe "go native."

But, like picfixer wrote, it makes no sense to download this "impossibly huge" file unless you plan to burn your own DVD, or have a really fast broadband connection (like if you live right next door to the phone company, or where you can get FiOS) and plenty of room to spare for multi-gigabyte files. Otherwise, it's just not worth it. I don't usually rate films I haven't seen, so I'll put my "rating" down here at the bottom, instead:



[Update] Many thanks to picfixer for updating his review to post a pointer to another upload. Shame on me for forgetting to search the Archive. I usually do that, but some days are better than others... :/

Reviewer: picfixer - - August 13, 2011
Subject: A hairy chest pounder
A STREAMING VERSION AND SMALLER DOWNLOAD OF THIS PRINT IS AVAILABLE HERE:

http://www.archive.org/details/nabonga_1944

(3,8 GBs is an impossibly huge file for a 75 minute film, but for what it's worth here is a review) I've known about this movie for years, because as a kid I had the big-time hots for Julie London. Okay! Okay! So I wasn't such a kid! Anyway, this is the usual story of a beautiful jungle girl protected by a guy in a gorilla suit. (Sheena, eat your heart out!) Buster Crabbe actually holds his own as an actor in this one. He's well supported by Prince Modube (Tobo), and adequately supported by Fifi D'Orsay and perennial villain Barton MacLane. Julie London doesn't need to act. With okay production values for a B-feature, this jungle frolic is low budget, lowbrow fun. Four stars if you're in love with Julie London - three stars if you're not. FOOTNOTES: Jackie Newfield, the director's daughter, plays Doreen (Julie London) as a child. The guy in the gorilla suit (Nabonga) is Ray Corrigan of B western fame. Sadly, the occupant of the second gorilla suit is lost to history.

Reviewer: b11761500s - - March 2, 2006
Subject: Nabonga
Not bad. Gorilla looks a little motheaten, but the dialogue and acting are reasonable given the time frame. I suspect I saw this in the 1940's or as early TV fare. It is no wonder apes got such bad PR. You can blame it on the movies and screenwriters.

Reviewer: Ronny Novick - - February 27, 2006
Subject: Nabonga...(at least) as much fun to say as to watch
Nabonga was played by Ray 'Crash' Corrigan who was one of the Three Mesquiteers (a series of Horse Operas in the late 30's). He played apes in "White Gorilla", and "Killer Apes" and the role of "It" in "It, the Terror from Beyond Space" (1958).
He opened Corriganville, a ranch and Western town used for filming TV and movie westerns in the 50's. Kids here in Southern California would often visit it on field trips.
I haven't seen the film yet, so the rating is based on the fact that I really like saying "Nabonga".

Reviewer: terracesider - - February 27, 2006
Subject: Great entertainment
Fun in the jungle as Buster Crabbe convincingly fights injustice and somehwat less convincingly wrestles a crocodile. As ever Barton MacLane - surely one of Hollywood's most understimated actors - is excellent. Fifi D'orsay and Julie London add glamour and interseting floral hairstyles. But the star is Nabonga the Gorilla, a performance for which the actor surely deserves at least a mention in the credits.