King of the Wild is a Mascot movie serial

Serial (film)

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Plot

Robert Grant, framed for a coup in the Indian country of Ranjapur, escapes from prison to Africa in search of the real villains. Here he meets Sheik Mustapha, who has evidence to clear him, and the location of a secret diamond mine.

Cast

• Walter Miller
  Walter Miller (actor)
  Walter Miller was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 248 films between 1911 and 1940.He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack, aged 48...
  
   as 'Robert Grant, American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   escapee from Ranjapur
• Nora Lane as Muriel Armitage, Tom Armitage's sister
• Dorothy Christy
  Dorothy Christy
  Dorothy Christy was an American actress. She acted with Will Rogers, Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers and with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the film Sons of the Desert , in the role of Mrs Laurel. She was Queen Tika of Murania in The Phantom Empire, Gene Autry’s 1935 cliffhanger serial...
  
   as Mrs LaSalle
• Tom Santschi
  Tom Santschi
  Tom Santschi was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era.-Career:...
  
   as Harris, Villain
  Villain
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  ous Animal trapper
• Boris Karloff
  Boris Karloff
  William Henry Pratt , better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein , Bride of Frankenstein , and Son of Frankenstein...
  
   as Mustapha, an African sheikh
  Sheikh
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• Arthur McLaglen as Bimi, Ape man
• Carroll Nye
  Carroll Nye
  Robert Carroll Nye , better known as Carroll Nye, was an American film actor. He appeared in 58 films between 1925 and 1944, perhaps most memorably as Frank Kennedy, Scarlett's second husband, in Gone with the Wind .His brother was respected Hollywood makeup artist Ben Nye.He was born in Akron,...
  
   as Tom Armitage, knows the location of a secret diamond mine
• Victor Potel
  Victor Potel
  Victor Potel was an American film character actor who began in the silent era and appeared in over 430 films in his 38 year career.-Career:...
  
   as Peterson
• Martha Lalande as Mrs Colby
• Mischa Auer
  Mischa Auer
  Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American actor.-Early life:Auer was born Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky in St. Petersburg, Russia...
  
   as Dakka, escaped lunatic
• Lafe McKee as Officer

The stars of King of the Wild were intended to be Harry Carey and Edwina Booth

Edwina Booth

Edwina Booth was an American actress. She is best known for the 1931 film Trader Horn, during the filming of which she contracted an illness which effectively ruined her movie career.-Career:...

 but filming on MGM's Trader Horn

Trader Horn (1931 film)

Trader Horn is the first non-documentary film shot on location in Africa. The 1931 movie tells of the adventures of real-life trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn on safari in Africa. It featured many authentic shots of African wildlife and a great deal of inauthentic plot. It was...

(1931

1931 in film

-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:*Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM*Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul*Best Actor: Wallace Beery - The Champ*Best Actor: Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...

) over ran, forcing Mascot to recast.

Also appearing in the serial was explorer Albert De Winton, who soon after disappeared in the Amazon and was presumed dead.

Production

King of the Wild is sometimes misreported as an alternate title for the serial King of the Kongo, which also starred Boris Karloff.

Chapter titles

1. Man Eaters
2. Tiger of Destiny
3. The Avenging Horde
4. Secret of the Volcano
5. Pit of Peril
6. Creeping Doom
7. Sealed Lips
8. Jaws of the Jungle
9. Door of Dread
10. Leopard's Lair
11. The Fire of the Gods
12. Jungle Justice

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See also

• Boris Karloff filmography
  Boris Karloff filmography
  This is the filmography of Boris Karloff. Born as William Henry Pratt, he joined a touring company and adopted the stage name Boris Karloff. During these early stages of his career he was mostly left in obscurity. By 1919, Karloff found regular work as an extra at Universal Studios. Karloff's first...
  
  
• List of film serials by year
• List of film serials by studio

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