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Lorraine of the Lions

192570 minUnited States
Adventure

Synopsis

A shipwreck leaves young Lorraine on an island, where a gorilla and other animals protect her. Years later, her grandfather's expedition brings her back to human society, but the bond with her animal guardian becomes difficult to preserve.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
68:14
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Edward Sedgwick · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsEdward Sedgwick

Historical context

The adventure builds a fantasy around a child raised apart from society. Patsy Ruth Miller plays the grown Lorraine in Edward Sedgwick's Universal production.

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