The White Gorilla (1945) isn’t an allegory for race, despite having a black gorilla and a white gorilla displaying hatred for each other against an African backdrop. No, it’s just a chance for Hollywood apeman extraordinaire Ray Corrigan to reuse the white-furred gorilla suit he’d already worn in the same year’s White Pongo.Β And as long as we’re reusing things, let’s cobble together half of this hour-long feature from footage from the silent serial Perils of the Jungle (1927), which the producer just had lying around.Β Is that quality entertainment, or what?
#1 by Braineater on May 13, 2009 - 10:27 pm
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Racial overtones? Naah. I’m seeing LOLgorillas: Ceiling Ape vs. Basement Ape.
#2 by Nathan Shumate on May 14, 2009 - 5:55 am
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Man, I wish I’d thought of that.
#3 by Blake Matthews on May 15, 2009 - 12:30 pm
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So did you expose your children to this? Sounds like the type of film to put the younger generation off of black and white forever. π
#4 by Nathan Shumate on May 15, 2009 - 1:53 pm
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No, this was just me on my little old lonesome.
#5 by KeithA on May 15, 2009 - 3:14 pm
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Arrggh! White Pongo! White Gorilla! Oh how I loathe thee!