Kid in Africa

(1933)

Comedy

10 minutes

Directed by Jack Hays

Cast: Shirley Temple and Danny Boone Jr.

Shirley Temple plays the role of Madame Cradlebait, a missionary determined to cultivate the savages in the jungle. Tired from her journey, she sets up camp but doesn't have time to rest because the natives appear immediately.  Her crew runs away in fright and she is captured and thrown into a big black kettle on the fire.  Screaming for help, she is rescued by a jungle boy on an elephant.  Enlisting his help, they set off to build a city in the jungle and convert the natives.