King of the Wild

Infobox Film
name = King of the Wild


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director = B. Reeves Eason
Richard Thorpe
Lionel Backus "(asst.)"
Theodore Joos "(asst.)"
producer = Nat Levine
writer = Wyndham Gittens
Ford Beebe
narrator =
starring = Walter Miller
Nora Lane
Dorothy Christy
Tom Santschi
Boris Karloff
Arthur McLaglen
music = Lee Zahler
cinematography = Benjamin H. Kline
Edward A. Kull
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distributor = Mascot Pictures
released = Flagicon|USA 1 March 1931
runtime = 12 chapters (248 min)
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:138486
imdb_id = 0022028

"King of the Wild" (1931) is a Mascot movie serial.

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, 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 sheik
*Arthur McLaglen as Bimi, Ape man
*Carroll Nye as Tom Armitage, knows the location of a secret diamond mine
*Victor Potel as Peterson
*Martha Lalande as Mrs Colby
*Mischa Auer as Dakka, escaped lunatic
*Lafe McKee as Officer

The stars of "King of the Wild" were intended to be Harry Carey and Edwina Booth but filming on MGM's "Trader Horn" (1931) over ran, forcing Mascot to recast. [http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:138486 King of the Wild at the All Movie] , retrieved 29/04/07]

Also appearing in the serial was explorer Albert De Winton, who soon after disappeared in the Amazon and was presumed dead.

Production

"King of the Wild" is sometimes misreported as an alternate title for the serial "King of the Kongo", which also starred Boris Karloff.cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors= Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 351
chapter = 14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad" ]

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_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 203
chapter = Filmography ]

ee also

* Boris Karloff filmography
* List of film serials by year
* List of film serials by studio

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0022028|title=King of the Wild
*amg title|id=1:138486|title=King of the Wild

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title=Mascot Serial
before=The Phantom of the West (1931)
years=King of the Wild (1931)
after=The Vanishing Legion (1931)