Peter Warren replies: > Mikhail; I don't know what movie period Field's poems cover, but "White > Jungle Queen" could refer to Dorothy Lamour (she of the sarong) who made > several jungle-background movies, such as THE JUNGLE PRINCESS(1936), HER > JUNGLE LOVE(1938) and BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON(1942). On the other hand, it > might relate to Jane, "wife" of Tarzan, in the MGM/Weissmuller jungle movies > of the 30s and 40s. Serials were very popular during this period, so maybe > White Jungle Queen was the title of a serial. It could also refer to "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle," a "female Tarzan" who was the subject of a TV show in the 1950s and a new series just a year or two ago (postdating Field's own death) as well as a crummy movie in 1984. Stiv Bators refers in an interview to "Sweet Gwendolyn," a comic book or strip which has the heroine battling with the evil "Countess": http://deadboys.hypermart.net/articles.html That would reinforce the notion that "Nancy" is a reference to Ernie Bushmiller's comic strip. You probably know this already, but there might be more in an article by Field: Author(s): Field, Edward Title: The Movies as American Mythology Source: Concerning Poetry 2, no. 1 (1969): p. 27-31 Additional Info: Bellingham, WA Standard No: ISSN: 0010-5201 Language: English Are there particular lines that might give further clues? Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Larsson, English Department, AH 230 Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html