''The Lost Volcano'' is a 1950 American

adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

. It was the third in the 12-film ''

Bomba, the Jungle Boy ''Bomba, the Jungle Boy'' is a series of American boys' adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood. and published by Cupples and Leon in the first half of the 20th century, in imitation of the successfu ...

'' series, based on the '' Bomba'' series of juvenile adventure books.

Plot

The parents of a young boy named David Gordon (

Tommy Ivo Tommy Ivo (born April 18, 1936), also known as "TV Tommy" and "Instant Ivo" is an American actor and drag racer, who was active in the 1960s racing community. Acting Ivo was born in Denver, Colorado. His acting career began in the early 1940s, ...

) think Bomba (

Johnny Sheffield Johnny Sheffield (born John Matthew Sheffield Cassan, April 11, 1931 – October 15, 2010) was an American child actor who, between 1939 and 1947, portrayed Boy in the Tarzan film series and, between 1949 and 1955, played Bomba, the Jungle Boy. ...

) is just an

imaginary friend Imaginary friends (also known as pretend friends, invisible friends or made-up friends) are a psychological and a social phenomenon where a friendship or other interpersonal relationship takes place in the imagination rather than physical reali ...

of their son's. Luckily, they learn differently after the boy is kidnapped by a pair of crooked jungle guides who are searching for a lost city's treasure. Bomba rescues the boy, battles a croc, and with the help of an erupting

volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...

and a

python (genus) ''Python'' is a genus of constricting snakes in the Pythonidae family native to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere. The name ''python'' was proposed by François Marie Daudin in 1803 for non-venomous flecked snakes. Currentl ...

, finishes off the bad guys.

Cast

as Bomba *

Donald Woods Donald James Woods (15 December 1933 – 19 August 2001) was a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist. As editor of the ''Daily Dispatch'', he was known for befriending fellow activist Steve Biko, who was killed by police after ...

as Paul Gordon *

Marjorie Lord Marjorie Lord (née Wollenberg; July 26, 1918 – November 28, 2015) was an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" O'Hara Williams, opposite Danny Thomas's character on ''The Danny Thomas Show'' (''Make Room for Dadd ...

as Ruth Gordon * John Ridgely as Fred Barton *

as David Gordon *

Elena Verdugo Elena Angela Verdugo (April 20, 1925 – May 30, 2017) was an American actress, who began in films at the age of five in ''Cavalier of the West'' (1931). Her career in radio, television, and film spanned six decades. Early life Elena Angela ...

as Nona * Don C. Harvey as Fred Higgins (as Don Harvey) *

Grandon Rhodes Grandon Rhodes (born Grandon Neviers Augustine Rolker; August 7, 1904 – June 9, 1987) was an American actor. Early years Rhodes was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Career Early in his career, Rhodes acted in repertory theatre with troupe ...

as Dr. Charles Langley * Robert Lewis as Daniel

Reception

"The Production is a small boy's paradise", said the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

'' adding that "Tarzan now has a formidable rival in Bomba."

References

External links

* * 1950 films American adventure films Films directed by Ford Beebe Films produced by Walter Mirisch Monogram Pictures films 1950 adventure films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language adventure films {{1950s-adventure-film-stub