King of the Jungle (serial)

King of the Jungle
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Directed byWebster Cullison
StarringElmo Lincoln
Sally Long
Production
company
Hercules Film Productions
Distributed byRayart Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • July 1927 (1927-07)
Running time
10 episodes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

King of the Jungle is a 1927 American adventure film serial directed by Webster Cullison. The film is considered to be lost; only a trailer remains.[1]

Cast

Production

Gordon Standing, a friend of co-star Elmo Lincoln, was killed after being mauled by a lion during production.[2] Lincoln believed that the death had been preventable and it led to his temporary retirement from the film industry.

Chapter titles

  1. The Great Tragedy
  2. The Elephant Avenger
  3. Battling for Her Life
  4. Into the Lion’s Jaws
  5. The Striped Terror
  6. Gripped by the Death Vice
  7. The Slinking Demons
  8. The Giant Ape Strikes
  9. No Escape
  10. The Death Trap

See also

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: King of the Jungle". silentera.com. Retrieved February 28, 2008.
  2. ^ Harmon, Jim; Glut, Donald F. (1973). "6. Jungle "Look Out The Elephants Are Coming!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.


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