the 1930s saw a vogue for documentary film about remote corner of the world and with an emphasis on wild animal and exotic terrain and primitive people with unusual culture . despite the logistics of transport a film crew to a distant and dangerous place and and then bring em back alive ( with the film footage ) and such film be often much cheap to make than be conventional hollywood feature . because there be no expensive set and costume and or high price movie star . the most successful maker of such film ( artistically and financially ) be the team of martin e. johnson and his wife osa and who make several documentary ( sometimes with blatantly stag event ) in africa and asia . the johnson safari film be extremely popular and inspiring several parody . most notably wheeler and woolsey so this be africa and in which the very sexy esther muir play a character name mrs. johnson martini ( instead of martin e. johnson and geddit . ) . although several other filmmaker be produce safari documentary at this time and the johnson film be the most popular in this genre because they rely heavily on humour . view from our own more enlightened ( i hope ) standpoint and this be a serious flaw in the johnson documentary represent there be too many scene in which the funny little brown or yellow people be make to look complete idiot who be easily outsmart by the clever white bwana johnson and his wife . one definite asset of these movie be the presence of osa johnson . ten year young than her husband and she manage to seem young enough to be his daughter . while certainly not as attractive a the shapely blond esther muir and osa johnson be a pert brunette who give ingratiate performance in front of the camera in all the film she co produced with her husband . congorilla be probably the best of the johnson film . the shot of the congo be interest and have some historical value a evidence of what this environment look like in 1930. the shot of the pygmy and other native be also interest and although these suffer from the johnson penchant to stage event in a manner that make the native look wild and alien . the best ( and funny ) scene in congorilla be an improvised sequence in which osa johnson attempt to teach a jazz dance to some pygmy woman . ( the dance be the black bottom and no less . the same dance which bob hope famously teach to daisy and violet hilton and the conjoined twin . ) wear jodhpur and rid boot and and a pith helmet and osa johnson start scat sing while she do high step and slap her knee in her attempt to teach this dance to the african woman . meanwhile and they just stand there star at her and apparently wonder what this crazy white woman be try to accomplish . it a very funny scene and but it have unpleasant undertone . osa johnson be do a dance that be invent by black american represent the implication seem to be that black african should instinctively be able to perform this dance after a brief demonstration ( use natural rhythm and i guess ) because it in their blood and or something . i will rate congorilla 4 point out of 10. this film say a little bit about african life in the 1930s and rather more about american cultural perception in that same decade .