page_title: Adventure Girl
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Adventure Girl / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Lobby Display at the Rialto Theater in New York City for the 1934 film, Adventure Girl Other information http://mediahistoryproject.org/faq/#copyright for an explanation of the copyright http://mediahistoryproject.org/about-2/ for information regarding public domain
context_page_description: Adventure Girl is a 1934 American adventure documentary directed by Herman C. Raymaker, based on dialogue written by Ferrin Frazier, starring and narrated by Joan Lowell. The screenplay is based on the autobiography of Lowell, The Cradle of the Deep, which later turned out to be a work of fiction.
context_section_description: The screenplay was based on Lowell's novel, Cradle of the Deep, which at the time of its publishing was advertised as an autobiography. It was chosen by the Book of the Month Club, and became a best-seller in 1929.  However, shortly after becoming famous, the book was exposed as a work of fiction.
  In 1935, Lowell sued Van Beuren Studios and Amedee J. Van Beuren for an accounting of the profits. Van Beuren promptly made a counter-claim for $300,000 damages allegedly sustained because of Lowell's "inexpert" performance in the picture.
  Modern sources still cite this film as a documentary, however, at the time of its release, sources reviewed it as a work of fiction. The film was shot on location in Guatemala. In July 1934, it was reported that production had completed, with filming done in Central America. The film began previews in early August, with one of these previews occurring aboard the S.S. Columbia on August 1, 1934.
  Shot in black and white, the climax of the film, the fire scene, was hand colored by Gustav Brock.
  The film opened on August 17, 1934, at the Rialto Theater in New York City. Several marketing schemes were put in place to coincide with the film's opening, including a newspaper essay contest with the winner receiving a free trip to Haiti, fashion tie-ins featuring Joan Lowell, and theater lobbies decorated in jungle motifs.
caption: Jungle motif decorations at the Rialto Theater in New York City.
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