''The Jungle'' (1914) is an American drama

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

made by the All-Star Feature Corporation starring George Nash. The film is an adaptation of the 1906 book of the same name by

Upton Sinclair Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in sever ...

, the only one to date. Sinclair reportedly bought the negative of the film prior to 1916, hoping to market the film nationally after its initial release in 1914. Sinclair himself reportedly appears at the beginning and end of the movie, as a sort of endorsement of the film. The film, from historical accounts at the time of release, included the scene of Jurgis murdering the foreman who raped Jurgis's wife by throwing him over a walkway into a "sea of frightful horns passing beneath him" (cattle). The film was commonly screened at socialist meetings across America at the time. It is now considered a

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Cast

* George Nash as Jurgis Rudkus * Gail Kane as Ona * Julia Hurley as Elzbieta * Robert Cummings as Connor * Alice Marc as Marija * Robert Paton Gibbs as Antanas (as Robert Payton Gibbs) *

Clarence Handyside Clarence Auckland Handyside (April 28, 1854 – December 20, 1931) was an American actor. Handyside was born in 1854 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as Clarence Auckland Handyside. Handyside's acting debut came in Canada when he was 21 years old. ...

as John Durham * E. P. Evers as Freddy Durham (as Ernest Evers) * George Henry Irving * Upton Sinclair as Himself

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''The Jungle'' at SilentEra
1914 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on American novels Lost American films 1914 drama films 1914 short films Silent American drama films Films based on works by Upton Sinclair 1914 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub

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