Lorraine of the Lions
“If you liked the Tarzan stories you'll love Lorraine of the Lions.”
About Lorraine of the Lions
John Livingston marries a circus performer. His rich father, Ezra, disowns him, then offers to raise the daughter, Lorraine. The child is put on a ship for the United States. The ship hits a derelict and sinks. Lorraine grows up on a desert island with lions and the gorilla Bimi. Fortune-teller Don Mackay locates her for Ezra. The expedition brings the grown girl and Bimi back to San Francisco. At a formal dinner she is ill at ease, Bimi is caged, and a thunderstorm sends the gorilla out with her in his arms. Don shoots Bimi. Lorraine mourns the animal, then says she will leave with Don.
Cast & crew
More about Lorraine of the Lions
Edward Sedgwick directed this Universal Jewel, presented by Carl Laemmle. Charles Logue wrote the scenario from Raymond L. Schrock's adaptation of a story by Isadore Bernstein and Carl Krusada. Virgil Miller photographed it. E.E. Sheeley was art director. Raymond F. Curtiss edited. Gardner Bradford wrote the titles. Copyright LP21682 is dated 24 July 1925. A New York opening is listed for 18 September 1925, and the general release for 11 October 1925. Silent Era gives seven reels, 6,700 feet. Norman Kerry plays Don Mackay, Patsy Ruth Miller the grown Lorraine, Doreen Turner Lorraine at seven, and Fred Humes the gorilla.
Themes
Making
Universal billed the picture as an Edward Sedgwick production and a Super-Jewel. Tennant C. Wright assisted. Milton Bridenbecker assisted the camera. Roy Hunter supervised the laboratory.
Look
Virgil Miller shot the shipwreck, the island with the lions and Bimi, and the San Francisco dinner.
Preservation
Silent Era records 16mm prints at UCLA, the Cinémathèque Québécoise, and in private collections. The film is in the public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Joseph J. Dowling plays grandfather Ezra Livingston. Philo McCullough plays Thomas Hartley. Harry Todd plays attorney Chester Kolby.
- Frank Newburg plays John Livingston and Rosemary Cooper plays Lorraine's mother.
- Wikipedia's magazine synopsis names the crystal-gazer Don Mackey and has Bimi seize Lorraine during a storm at sea on the voyage back. The AFI synopsis places the storm and the cage escape in San Francisco after a formal dinner.
Scenes
- The ship strikes a derelict and Lorraine is left with the animals.
- Bimi breaks the cage in a thunderstorm and carries Lorraine off.
- Don kills Bimi, and Lorraine says she will go with him anyway.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Lorraine of the Lions (1925).webm)
