The Lion Man (1936 film)

The Lion Man
Directed byJohn P. McCarthy
Written byRichard Gordon
John Willimas
Edgar Rice Burroughs (story)
Produced byArthur Alexander
Max Alexander
StarringJon Hall
CinematographyRobert E. Cline
Production
company
Normandy Pictures
Distributed byFirst Division Pictures
Release date
  • 1936 (1936)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

  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.