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The Lion Man (1936 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Lion Man' is a 1936 American film very loosely based on 'The Lad and the Lion' by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the 1917 silent movie of the same title.[http://www.erbzine.com/mag4/0450.html "ERB's First Film: Before Tarzan of the Apes there was The Lad and the Lion"] It was directed by John P. McCarthy and produced by Arthur Alexander and Max Alexander. The film stars Jon Hall then appearing under his real name Charles Locher and Kathleen Burke who had recently co-starred in 'The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'. 'The Lion Man' was re-released as a "Tarzan Vs the Lion Man" double feature in the late 1940s.p. 54 Pitts, Michael R. 'Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each' McFarland, 2005
Cast
*Jon Hall ... Ed Lion (as Charles Locher)
*Kathleen Burke ... Eulilah
*Ted Adams ... Sheikh Youssef Ab-Dur
*Jimmy Aubrey ... Simmonds
*Richard Carlyle ... Hassan El Dinh
Notes
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