Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
J. P. Mcgowan
James Pierce
Frederic Peters
Edna Murphy
Harold Goodwin
Liu Yu-ching
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Tarzan, Lord Greystoke, at his estate in the heart of Africa, awaits the arrival of a company including his wife, her niece (Ruth Porter), Bradney (the overseer), and Ruth's fiancé. Weesimbo tells Tarzan of a mysterious city of diamonds from which he has escaped, and Tarzan, going to meet the caravan, arrives in time to drive off an attack by Esteban, an unscrupulous trader. When Tarzan goes on a hunting trip, Esteban and his men attack the unprotected estate, capture Weesimbo, and make a hostage of Ruth. Tarzan embarks on their trail with Jad-Bal-Ja, a pet lion. Cadj, High Priest of the Palace of Diamonds, is warned of the arrival and captures Ruth for sacrifice to Numa, lion-god. Weesimbo reveals to Tarzan the secret passage to the city; he rescues Ruth and after killing Numa is acclaimed as a new god. Esteban is killed by the lion, and all ends happily.
Director
J. P. Mcgowan
Cast
James Pierce
Frederic Peters
Edna Murphy
Harold Goodwin
Liu Yu-ching
Dorothy Dunbar
D'arcy Corrigan
Boris Karloff
Robert Bolder
Jad-bal-ja
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
James Pierce said of this picture: "Because of poor direction, terrible story treatment and putrid acting, the opus was a stinkeroo. I emerge with nothing to show for my strenuous effort except being typecast as Tarzan. I was out of a job."
Notes
For information on other films featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' character "Tarzan," please consult the entry for Tarzan of the Apes (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1911-20).
