''The Lion's Claws'' is a 1918 American

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directed by Harry Harvey and

Jacques Jaccard Jacques Jaccard (September 11, 1886 – July 24, 1960) was an American film director, writer and actor whose achievements in cinema were mostly in silent film. He directed 86 films and wrote scripts for 80 films. The best-known of his films as ...

and starring

Marie Walcamp Marie Walcamp (July 27, 1894 – November 17, 1936) was an American actress of the silent film era, often specializing in roles as an "action heroine" in serials, including Westerns. She often appeared with actor Eddie Polo. Biography Bor ...

and Ray Hanford. The serial, which had 18 chapters, is considered to be a

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Like many American films of the time, ''The Lion's Claws'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the

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required cuts, in Chapter 2, Reel 1, the shooting of a man in a house; in Chapter 4, Reel 2, shortened the scene of man choking a young woman and cut the closeup of her being choked; in Chapter 5, Reel 1, Arab choking young woman, shooting Arab and his falling, and, Reel 2, shooting Arab and his falling; in Chapter 6, Reel 1, two scenes of shooting black man and white man, closeup of King and soldier in knife duel on floor and scene on platform where knife descends, Reel 2, placing young woman on block and last two torture scenes were machine descends; in Chapter 7, Reel 1, closeup of strangling young woman, two close views of young woman chained to rack, two scenes of spikes descending, and, in Reel 2, closeup of knives suspended over men's heads; in Chapter 8, Reel 1, swords suspended over bound men, two scenes of attacks on natives inside house, reduce to half seven scenes of natives shooting at soldiers, Reel 2, two scenes of choking natives, all views of young woman where her figure is clearly shown through her draperies to include scene where she is shown in group in harem and five scenes of her struggling with natives, two fight scenes in which natives are beaten, and two choking scenes; in Chapter 9, Reel 1, flash scene of semi-nude young woman after she is pulled from tank, shooting man at bank, and shooting man and his falling; in Chapter 10, two closeups of binding young woman's hands and feet; in Chapter 11, Reel 1, shooting man and man falling from horse and, Reel 2, shooting man and man falling down cliff;, in Chapter 14, Reel 1, two scenes of muffling young woman, Reel 2, scene of man with spear in back, four scenes of binding man and young woman to posts and lighting fire under them, shooting native, and native with spear in back, and, in Chapter 15, Reel 1, two closeups of man's bloody face. (cuts in Chapter 15)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lions Claws, The 1918 films 1918 adventure films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures film serials Films directed by Jacques Jaccard Lost American films American adventure films 1918 lost films Lost adventure films 1910s American films Silent adventure films 1910s English-language films

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