Yesterday I had no idea that there were movies that were made from other movies, now I have seen two of them.This flick starts with what looks to be old silent film of African animals.The narrator rambles about a bunch of nothing while the animals act very unnaturally.Probably because they are actually captive.Then it cuts to an injured guy falling down and some other men find him and act very concerned.The man says he saw a white gorilla and then they all make fun of him and forget he was near death a minute ago.Then the guy starts to tell a story and the flashback is an old silent film.It's a long,drawn out story about how all the lions in the jungle are going crazy and are trying to kill all the people, who are all white of course.There's a little kid who rides on an elephants trunk and some Arabs and none of it makes much sense.There is literally no plot.The entire white gorilla thing is just extra stuff that has nothing to do with the story.Don't get me wrong, this movie is not boring.It just doesn't have a story.There's lots of action but it's all meaningless.Of course I'm giving a second star just because it wasn't boring.Watch at your own risk.

From what I've read, this film was made largely by splicing stock footage together with footage shot 20 years later. It's not particularly noteworthy or well-made by any stretch of the imagination, but it's surprisingly effective for being this poorly produced.Much of the film's ample stock footage time is narrated rather poorly by a man who spends most of the movie off camera (his scenes were apparently shot years after the original footage). Some of the stock footage is used multiple times, in completely different scenarios. Moreover, the non-stock footage tends to be relatively bland. Still, the movie fits together surprisingly well and is reasonably entertaining, and this is quite an accomplishment. I give it 4-to-5 stars because I'm impressed at what the crew could do with such a terrible and corny idea.It's no masterpiece, but the movie is entertaining in a campy-'40s-newsreel kind of way.

If you're looking for one of those "So bad it's good" movies, this definitely fits into that category. I've seen nearly every movie Ed Wood ever made, as well as numerous other stinkers in my day, but I never recall having the experience I had last night watching this film. After watching "Plan 9 From Outer Space", I suspected I had just seen the worst film ever made. But at the end of "The White Gorilla" I was firmly convinced that I had just watched the worst movie ever made. Acting, directing, story, dialog, editing,... you name it, they all are bottom of the barrel and come together to make this train-wreck of a jungle/adventure film. The film seemed to be 70% recycled footage from the silent serial "Perils of the Jungle", 20% stock footage of jungle animals, and 10% new footage which consists mainly of Ray "Crash" Corrigan slumped in a chair, recovering from an encounter with the albino ape of the title, narrating an incomprehensible story about the white gorilla and a safari that ultimately is eaten by tigers. If you have this film on tape or DVD, I'd suggest watching this film with the whole family, and then when the kids are misbehaving, threaten to make them watch it again.

The White Gorilla is a jungle movie shot in 1945 but it looks like it was made in the early thirties and often reminded me of the much older silent pictures. The reason for this is that this movie used stock footage that was available from films going back to the silent picture days. The main problem with this is that it just doesn't fit it well. Some of the old footage is put in at the wrong times. There are many times that the speed isn't even right. When watching this movie, it is very obvious that something is amiss here. This stock footage that was used just plain looks too old and out of place. It is a great detraction from what little plot there is to the movie. The stock footage that was used makes this look almost like a comedy. There just isn't too much going for this film. Being a low budget film is one thing but there just wasn't enough effort made in making this movie.