''King of the Jungle'' is a 1927 American
adventure
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme ...
film serial
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...
directed by
Webster Cullison. The film is considered to be
lost
Lost may refer to getting lost, or to:
Geography
*Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
* Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
; only a
trailer remains.
Cast
*
Elmo Lincoln
Elmo Lincoln (born Otto Elmo Linkenhelt; February 6, 1889June 27, 1952) was an American stage and film actor whose career in motion pictures spanned the silent and sound eras. He performed in over 100 screen productions between 1913 and 1952 an ...
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Sally Long
Sally Long (December 5, 1901 – August 12, 1987) was an American dancer and actress.
Early years
Long was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Long. She graduated from Eden Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1921.
Dancer
Florenz Ziegfeld ...
* Gordon Standing. Standing, a friend of co-star Elmo Lincoln, was killed after being mauled by a lion during production.
Lincoln believed that the death had been preventable and it led to his temporary retirement from the film industry.
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George Kotsonaros
George Kotsonaros ( el, Γεώργιος Κωτσονάρος; October 16, 1892 in Nafplio, Greece – July 13, 1933 in Eutaw, Alabama) was a Greek-born professional wrestler and film actor. He acted mostly in silent pictures. His original name ...
* Arthur Morrison
* Cliff Bowes
*
Virginia True Boardman
Virginia True Boardman (born Margaret Shields, May 23, 1889 – June 10, 1971) was an American actress of the silent era.
Biography
Born in Fort Davis, Texas, Boardman began her theatrical career in 1906 as Virginia Eames (using her mother' ...
See also
*
List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
Films still exist from this point on unless noted otherwise:
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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External linksSerial ...
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ...
References
External links
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1927 films
American silent serial films
1927 adventure films
American black-and-white films
Lost American films
American adventure films
1927 lost films
Lost adventure films
1920s American films
Silent adventure films
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