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Tarzan and the Golden Lion

192757 minUnited States
Drama
Video edition
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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
57:17
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Synopsis

News of a hidden city and its diamonds attracts a band of thieves to Tarzan's estate. While he is away, the intruders capture a guide and a young woman, whose journey ends at a temple preparing a human sacrifice. Tarzan follows with his lion, Jad-bal-ja, to attempt a rescue.

Cast

DirectorsJ. P. McGowan

Inspirations

The film adapts Edgar Rice Burroughs's 1923 novel. James Pierce made his only screen appearance as Tarzan here; he later played the character on radio opposite his wife, Joan Burroughs, as Jane. The film survives after having once been considered lost.

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Wikipedia — film referenceAFI Catalog — release and synopsisEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. — film historyDuke Center for the Study of the Public Domain — US term reference

Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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