King of the Wild
King of the Wild is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot movie serial.
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| Directed by | B. Reeves Eason Richard Thorpe Lionel Backus (asst.) Theodore Joos (asst.) |
| Produced by | Nat Levine |
| Written by | Wyndham Gittens Ford Beebe |
| Starring | Walter Miller Nora Lane Dorothy Christy Tom Santschi Boris Karloff Arthur McLaglen |
| Music by | Lee Zahler |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline Edward A. Kull |
| Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
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Running time | 12 chapters (248 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Robert Grant, framed for a coup in the Indian country of Ranjapur, escapes from prison to Africa in search of the real villains. Here he meets Sheik Mustapha (Boris Karloff), who has evidence to clear him, and the location of a secret diamond mine.
Cast
- Walter Miller as Robert Grant, American escapee from Ranjapur
- Nora Lane as Muriel Armitage, Tom Armitage's sister
- Dorothy Christy as Mrs LaSalle
- Tom Santschi as Harris, Villainous Animal trapper
- Boris Karloff as Mustapha, an African sheikh
- Arthur McLaglen as Bimi, Ape man
- Carroll Nye as Tom Armitage, knows the location of a secret diamond mine
- Victor Potel as Peterson
- Albert DeWinton as Cyril Wainwright
- Martha Lalande as Mrs Colby
- Mischa Auer as Dakka, escaped lunatic
- Lafe McKee as Officer
Production
The stars of King of the Wild were originally intended to be Harry Carey and Edwina Booth, but filming on the MGM film Trader Horn (1931) went over-schedule, forcing Mascot to recast.[1]
Also appearing in the serial was real-life explorer Albert DeWinton. He later went after explorer Percy Fawcett who had disappeared in Brazil several years earlier. DeWinton also disappeared in the Amazon in early 1934 and was presumed dead.[2]
King of the Wild is sometimes misreported as an alternate title for the serial King of the Kongo, which also starred Boris Karloff.[3]
Chapter titles
- Man Eaters
- Tiger of Destiny
- The Avenging Horde
- Secret of the Volcano
- Pit of Peril
- Creeping Doom
- Sealed Lips
- Jaws of the Jungle
- Door of Dread
- Leopard's Lair
- The Fire of the Gods
- Jungle Justice
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See also
References
- King of the Wild at the All Movie, retrieved 29/04/07
- Associated Press via Montreal Gazette (September 17, 1934)
- Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
- Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 203. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
External links
| Preceded by The Phantom of the West (1931) |
Mascot Serial King of the Wild (1931) |
Succeeded by The Vanishing Legion (1931) |