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Bomba emerged as a genre of film in the Philippines in the late 1960s. Bomba films featured nudity, albeit not full-frontal nudity, as well as simulated sex scenes that were often tangential to the plot. Films in the genre include a mix of soft-core and hard-core pornography, with new bomba films becoming more sexually explicit over time. [2]
The Bomba films were all set in Africa. When the Bomba films proved popular with young audiences, the first ten Bomba books were reprinted in the 1950s with all-new cover illustrations by Grosset & Dunlap, a publisher of many popular series books such as the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew.
Bomba, the Jungle Boy is a 1949 American adventure film directed by Ford Beebe, based on the first of the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. It was the first in a 12-film series featuring Bomba, a sort of teenage Tarzan, played by Johnny Sheffield, who as a child had played "Boy" in several previous Tarzan films.
Bomba on Panther Island is a 1949 American adventure film based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. The film is directed by Ford Beebe and stars Johnny Sheffield . It is the second in the 12-film Bomba series following Bomba the Jungle Boy (1949).
Bomba and the Hidden City is a 1950 American adventure film based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. It was the fourth film in the 12-film Bomba, the Jungle Boy series. [ 1 ]
Elephant Stampede is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Johnny Sheffield, Donna Martell and Edith Evanson.It was the sixth in the 12-film Bomba, the Jungle Boy series, [1] based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books.The film's sets were designed by the art director, Vin Taylor.
The first entry in this series, Bomba, the Jungle Boy was released in 1949 [5] with co-star Peggy Ann Garner. In all, he appeared as Bomba 12 times, more than any other character he portrayed. Sheffield retired from films at age 24 after starring in his twelfth Bomba film in 1955 ("Lord of the Jungle").
Bomba and the Jungle Girl is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Johnny Sheffield. It is the eighth film (of 12) in the Bomba, the Jungle Boy film series, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books.