Lorraine of the Lions is a 1925 American adventure film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Isadore Bernstein and Carl Krusada. The film stars Norman Kerry, Patsy Ruth Miller, Fred Humes, Doreen Turner, Harry Todd, and Philo McCullough. The film was released on October 11, 1925, by Universal Pictures.[1][2][3]

Lorraine of the Lions
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Directed byEdward Sedgwick
Screenplay byIsadore Bernstein
Carl Krusada
Story byIsadore Bernstein
StarringNorman Kerry
Patsy Ruth Miller
Fred Humes
Doreen Turner
Harry Todd
Philo McCullough
CinematographyVirgil Miller
Production
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Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 11, 1925 (1925-10-11)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
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As described in a film magazine reviews,[4] after an unwanted marriage between his son and a circus animal trainer, a grandfather disowns both parents agrees to take in Lorraine, his granddaughter from overseas. Lorraine is a seven-year-old child when she is shipwrecked while in route to the United States and is rescued by Bimi, a gorilla. Bimi takes her to a desert isle where there are a group of lions and an elephant. The animals teach her and protect her. Her grandfather has employed Don Mackey, a crystal gazer, to use his psychic powers to determine where the child is. Don locates her after she has become a grown woman on the island, and the grandfather and he go on an expedition to get her and her gorilla friend. They find her and they head back to San Francisco. During a storm Bimi becomes panic stricken, breaks from a cage where he has been confined and seizes Lorraine to make off with her. Don fears that the animal intends harm to her and shoots Bimi. Lorraine regrets the death of the beast. Don starts to leave from the place but is restrained by Lorraine, who loves him.

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Preservation

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Prints of Lorraine of the Lions are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive, Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal, and Library of Congress.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Lorraine of the Lions (1925) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Janiss Garza. "Lorraine of the Lions (1925) - Edward Sedgwick". AllMovie. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lorraine of the Lions". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  4. ^ "New Pictures: Lorraine of the Lions", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (10), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 85, August 29, 1925, retrieved August 14, 2022   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Lorraine of the Lions
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