Jean Porter(1922-2018)

Interviewed about the beginnings of her career and the movie, Tumak, der Herr des Urwalds (1940), in the book, "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010), by Tom Weaver.

[on D.W. Griffith's involvement in Tumak, der Herr des Urwalds (1940)] I don't know if he was supposed to direct it or not, but Hal Roach Jr. did the actual directing. Griffith received producer credit but all he did was sit by the door. He was on the set every day, with an overcoat and a hat, sitting by the truck door--where they bring in the backdrops and large props. He always kept the door open a foot.