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The Lion's Claws
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Wikipedia article
'The Lion's Claws' is a 1918 American adventure film serial directed by Harry Harvey and Jacques Jaccard and starring Marie Walcamp and Ray Hanford. The serial, which had 18 chapters, is considered to be a lost film.
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Reception
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 Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Chapter 2, Reel 1, the shooting of a man in a house; (cuts in Chapter 2) in Chapter 4, Reel 2, shortened the scene of man choking a young woman and cut the closeup of her being choked; (cuts in Chapter 4) 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; (cuts in Chapters 5 and 6) 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; (cuts in Chapter 7) 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; (cuts in Chapter 8) 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; (cuts in Chapter 9) in Chapter 10, two closeups of binding young woman's hands and feet; (cuts in Chapter 10) in Chapter 11, Reel 1, shooting man and man falling from horse and, Reel 2, shooting man and man falling down cliff;, (cuts in Chapter 11) 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, (cuts in Chapter 14) and, in Chapter 15, Reel 1, two closeups of man's bloody face. (cuts in Chapter 15)
See also
* List of film serials
* List of film serials by studio
* List of lost films
References
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