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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 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]
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.
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").
Soft porn movies, more popularly known as bomba films, increasingly became popular, and these films were described as a direct challenge to the conventions, norms and conduct of the society. Even in the period of decline, several Philippine films that stood out. These include the following films by Gerardo de Leon:
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 ]
African Treasure is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Johnny Sheffield. It was the seventh in the 12-film Bomba, the Jungle Boy series, [1] [2] based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books.
Bomba 5: The Lion Hunters: Ford Beebe: Johnny Sheffield: United States [81] Bomba 6: Elephant Stampede: Ford Beebe: Johnny Sheffield: United States [82] [83] Captain Ardant: André Zwoboda: Yves Vincent, Renée Saint-Cyr, Jean Danet: France [84] Captain Horatio Hornblower: Raoul Walsh: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty: United Kingdom ...