King of the Wild

King of the Wild

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
Release dates	May 1, 1931 (1931-05-01)
Running time	12 chapters (248 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

King of the Wild is a 1931 American Pre-Code 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 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

The stars of King of the Wild were 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 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]

Production

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

_Source:^[4]

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

King of the Wild at the Internet Movie Database
King of the Wild at AllMovie

Preceded by The Phantom of the West (1931)	Mascot Serial King of the Wild (1931)	Succeeded by The Vanishing Legion (1931)

Films directed by Richard Thorpe

Films	Fast and Fearless (1924) Full Speed (1925) Deuce High (1926) Josselyn's Wife (1926) The Meddlin' Stranger (1927) Border Romance (1929) The Utah Kid (1930) Grief Street Murder at Dawn Forgotten (1931) Beauty Parlor (1932) Escapade (1932) Forbidden Company (1932) The King Murder (1932) The Midnight Lady (1932) Probation (1932) Slightly Married (1932) The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932) Thrill of Youth (1932) Women Won't Tell (1932) Murder on the Campus (1933) Green Eyes (1934) Cheating Cheaters (1934) Secret of the Chateau (1934) Strange Wives (1934) Last of the Pagans (1935) The Voice of Bugle Ann Tarzan Escapes (1936) Dangerous Number (1937) Night Must Fall (1937) Double Wedding Man-Proof (1938) Love Is a Headache (1938) The First Hundred Years The Toy Wife The Crowd Roars (1938) Three Loves Has Nancy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) Tarzan Finds a Son! The Earl of Chicago 20 Mule Team Wyoming (1940) The Bad Man (1941) Barnacle Bill (1941) Apache Trail (1942) Tarzan's Secret Treasure Tarzan's New York Adventure White Cargo Three Hearts for Julia Above Suspicion (1943) Cry "Havoc" Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) The Thin Man Goes Home Thrill of a Romance (1945) Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) Fiesta (1947) This Time for Keeps (1947) On an Island with You (1948) A Date with Judy (1948) The Sun Comes Up (1949) Big Jack (1949) Challenge to Lassie (1949) Malaya (1949) Three Little Words (1950) Vengeance Valley (1951) The Great Caruso (1951) The Unknown Man (1951) It's a Big Country (1952) Carbine Williams (1952) Ivanhoe (1952) The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) Knights of the Round Table (1954) The Student Prince (1954) Athena (1954) The Prodigal (1955) The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957) Jailhouse Rock (1957) The House of the Seven Hawks (1959) Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959) The Honeymoon Machine (1961) The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) Follow the Boys (1963) Fun in Acapulco (1963) The Truth About Spring The Golden Head That Funny Feeling The Last Challenge

Serials	Vultures of the Sea (1928) The Vanishing West (1928) The Fatal Warning (1929) The King of the Kongo (1929) The Lone Defender (1930) King of the Wild (1931)

Mascot serials

Silent serials (1926-1929)	The Silent Flyer Heroes of the Wild Isle of Sunken Gold The Golden Stallion The Vanishing West Vultures of the Sea The Fatal Warning

Sound serials (1929-1935)	The King of the Kongo The Lone Defender The Phantom of the West King of the Wild The Vanishing Legion The Galloping Ghost The Lightning Warrior The Shadow of the Eagle The Last of the Mohicans The Hurricane Express The Devil Horse The Whispering Shadow The Three Musketeers Fighting with Kit Carson The Wolf Dog The Mystery Squadron The Lost Jungle Burn 'Em Up Barnes The Law of the Wild Mystery Mountain The Phantom Empire The Miracle Rider The Adventures of Rex and Rinty The Fighting Marines

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