Director(s)Webster Cullison
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Top GenresAdventure, Silent Films
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King of the Jungle (1927) was a Adventure - Silent Films Film directed by Webster Cullison .

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King of the Jungle ( 1933 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 17, 2022 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

A young boy is raised by a pride of lions in Africa after his parents are killed while on a safari. He loves the lions and speaks to them as friends. Years later, a group of hunters captures "the lion man" as he is now known, and along with his lions, they ship him to San Francisco to be exhibited i... Read full article


Tarzan in Thailand--or Why Jock Mahoney May Be My Favorite King of the Jungle

By Rick29 on May 9, 2018 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Hey TCM, how can you show a Tarzan movie marathon without including at least one of Jock Mahoney's exotic jungle adventures? I understand that Johnny Weismuller reigns supreme as the favorite Tarzan among classic movie fans. But personally, I prefer Jock Mahoney, whose intelligent, athletic hero is... Read full article


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Chapter 1: The Great Tragedy. Chapter 2: The Elephant's Avenger.
Actor Gordon Standing was mauled by a lion on-set and died the following day, May 21, 1927, at Los Angeles General Hospital. Friend and co-star Elmo Lincoln (the big screen's first Tarzan) took this as his cue to retire from show business. When he returned to the screen in 1939, Lincoln was relegated to bits and extra roles, never regaining the stature of his silent film days.
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