Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927)

Director:

J.P. McGowan

Writers:

Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel)
William E. Wing (adaptation)

Release Date:

20 March 1927 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

Flora Hawks is in love with the overseer of Tarzan's African estate. After a search for a legendary city of diamonds...

Plot Keywords:

Tarzan | Africa | Sequel | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

James Pierce	...	Tarzan
Frederick Peters	...	Esteban Miranda
Edna Murphy	...	Betty Greystoke
Harold Goodwin	...	Jack Bradley
Dorothy Dunbar	...	Lady Greystoke
D'Arcy Corrigan	...	Weesimbo
Boris Karloff	...	Owaza
Robert Bolder	...	John Peebles

Runtime:

Germany:57 min | USA:57 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

A standout in the cast was Yi-ching Lin, a Chinese giant who stood eight feet tall and weighed 300 pounds.

Movie Connections:

Follows Tarzan of the Apes (1918)

Simple but Entertaining

Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927)

*** (out of 4)

Tarzan (James Pierce) and his lion must fight off strangers to the jungle who are searching for diamonds. The stakes are raised when they kidnap his sister(?!). This is a pretty good silent version that never takes itself too seriously. The film only runs 57 minutes and thankfully each minute is full of action and other things to that nature. Pierce is good in the title role and the supporting cast, including Boris Karloff, are good as well. It's interesting to note that Pierce was engaged to Edgar Rice Burrough's daughter at the time this was being made. Burrough's convinced Pierce to turn down the Gary Cooper role in Wings to do this film. You gotta wonder what the two men talked about after Wings went on to do everything it did.