Adventure Girl

Adventure Girl is a 1934 American adventure film starring and narrated by Joan Lowell. Directed by Herman C. Raymaker in pseudo-documentary fashion, it is based on a screenplay by Ferrin Frazier, who adapted Lowell’s supposed autobiography, The Cradle of the Deep, later revealed to be a work of complete fiction. Plot Young, single Joan Lowell leaves for a sea adventure, destination unknown, with her father, Nicholas Wagner, as the captain, and two additional crew, William Sawyer and Otto Siegler. During their voyage their ship is damaged in a hurricane. Coming upon the wrecks of other ships they find a mast that they can use to replace their broken one. As the two crewmembers begin salvaging the mast, Lowell and Wagner explore other wrecks, where Lowell comes upon an old map which supposedly reveals a precious emerald hidden in Guatemalan jungle ruins. Repairs complete, they continue their journey, but desperately need to find a water supply to replenish their drinking water, which was lost during the hurricane. Lowell and Sawyer row a dinghy to a tiny nearby island, where they meet a solitary native, who gives them both coconuts and fresh water. They continue on, fortuitously managing to find a village on the mainland, which Lowell realizes is the one on her map.