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HorrorDrama

Black Moon

- Love battling against the sorcery of the jungle!

A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.

Release Date : 1934-06-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Jack Holt

Character Name : Stephen Lane

Original Name : Jack Holt

Gender : Male

Fay Wray

Character Name : Gail Hamilton

Original Name : Fay Wray

Gender : Female

Dorothy Burgess

Character Name : Juanita Perez Lane

Original Name : Dorothy Burgess

Gender : Female

Cora Sue Collins

Character Name : Nancy Lane

Original Name : Cora Sue Collins

Gender : Female

Arnold Korff

Character Name : Dr. Raymond Perez

Original Name : Arnold Korff

Gender : Male

Clarence Muse

Character Name : 'Lunch' McClaren

Original Name : Clarence Muse

Gender : Male

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Character Name : Anna, the nursemaid

Original Name : Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Gender : Female

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Character Name : Ruva

Original Name : Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Gender : Female

Laurence Criner

Character Name : Kala, the priest

Original Name : Laurence Criner

Gender : Male

Lumsden Hare

Character Name : John Macklin

Original Name : Lumsden Hare

Gender : Male

Henry Kolker

Character Name : The Psychiatrist

Original Name : Henry Kolker

Gender : Male

Theresa Harris

Character Name : Sacrificed Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Theresa Harris

Gender : Female

Ruby Dandridge

Character Name :

Original Name : Ruby Dandridge

Gender : Female

William R. Dunn

Character Name :

Original Name : William R. Dunn

Gender : Male

Billy McClain

Character Name :

Original Name : Billy McClain

Gender : Male

Charles R. Moore

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles R. Moore

Gender : Male

Fred Walton

Character Name :

Original Name : Fred Walton

Gender : Male

Lillian West

Character Name :

Original Name : Lillian West

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-13

Long before he found his stride with Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce and "Sherlock Holmes", Roy William Neill took the helm for this occult drama set on a paradise island riddled with voodoo mysticism. Dorothy Burgess ("Juanita") is the young woman who returns with her family to her childhood home, many years after losing her parents, only to discover that the locals consider her the reincarnation of a goddess. Before long she is fully enveloped in the role and this causes a certain degree of friction, shall we say, in her marriage! The story is - even for the genre - pretty far-fetched. Her comprehensive absorption into her new religion is glossed over far too quickly, and for some reason too much focus is then put onto the relationship between her husband "Stephen" (Jack Holt) and his glamorous secretary "Gail" (Fay Wray) which really distracts from this otherwise quite effectively eerie and atmospheric (admittedly, pretty stage bound) production with loads of flickering light and menacing drumming. The ending is predictable, but at times the route there is actually quite scarily put together - I can imagine it raising a few hairs in 1934. This is much better than I was expecting it to be - and if you like the theme, then I'd give it a go.