The Lion Man (1936 film)

The Lion Man
Film poster
Directed by	John P. McCarthy
Written by	Richard Gordon John Willimas Edgar Rice Burroughs (story)
Produced by	Arthur Alexander Max Alexander
Starring	Jon Hall
Cinematography	Robert E. Cline
Production company	Normandy Pictures
Distributed by	First Division Pictures
Release date	1936 (1936)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.[1] 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.[2]

According to Filmink "Hall doesn’t appear until half-way through the story but he’s not bad and handles the fight scenes well. However, The Lion Man was not widely seen – it was very cheap, and there were legal issues with the Burroughs estate."[3]

Plot

Cast

• Jon Hall as Ed Lion (as Charles Locher)
• Kathleen Burke as Eulilah
• Ted Adams as Sheikh Youssef Ab-Dur
• Jimmy Aubrey as Simmonds
• Richard Carlyle as Hassan El Dinh

Notes

1. "ERB's First Film: Before Tarzan of the Apes there was The Lad and the Lion"
2. 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
3. Vagg, Stephen (April 9, 2022). "The Campy, Yet Surprisingly Interesting Cinema of Jon Hall". Filmiink.

External links

• The Lion Man at IMDb
• The Lion Man at the TCM Movie Database