The Leopard Woman
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About The Leopard Woman
After an attempt on his life, British agent John Culbertson leads a safari from Bajuma, at the edge of the desert, toward the kingdom of M'tela. Madame, called the Leopard Woman, is sent by a rival government to stop him. Her party meets his in the desert, out of water, and she has to take his help. She delays him by pretending to be ill, then falls in love with him. After they become lovers he scorns her. She orders her servant Chaké to kill him. The attempt fails, and she is relieved.
Cast & crew
More about The Leopard Woman
Wesley Ruggles directed. J. Parker Read Jr. produced. H. Tipton Steck and Stanley C. Morse adapted Stewart Edward White's 1916 novel, first published in the Saturday Evening Post. Associated Producers released it in October 1920. Los Angeles saw it the week of November 6, 1920. Ralph H. Dixon edited. The negative ran 6,253 feet, seven reels.
Themes
Background
An October 1920 Ince release, set in a fictional African kingdom and played as rival European agents racing to get there first.
Making
Ince's company staged the desert meeting and the safari with a large group of extras. Glaum's leopard costume is the picture's main advertising image.
Look
Charles J. Stumar shot the desert crossing and the camp scenes.
Notes
- Louise Glaum plays Madame. House Peters plays John Culbertson. Noble Johnson is in the cast.
- Great Authors' Pictures held the screen rights as of a May 31, 1919, item in Exhibitors Herald and Motography.
- Charles J. Stumar photographed it.
- The AFI subject list includes blindness, a phonograph, and surgery along with the safari and the rival agents.
Scenes
- Madame's dehydrated safari meets Culbertson's party in the desert and has to ask for water.
- She tells Chaké to kill Culbertson, and the attempt fails.
Influenced by
- The Leopard Woman (1916 novel) by Stewart Edward White
