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The Lion Man (1919)

The Lion Man poster
Directed by
Albert Russell
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
6h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A serial from 1919 following a hero battling villains. The story is cut into chapters with each ending on a suspenseful note.

melodramaticfast-paceddatedfragmentedepisodiccliffhanger-drivenshadowynostalgic

What happens

The Lion Man is a 1919 American action film serial released by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, directed by Albert Russell and Jack Wells, produced by Russell and starring Kathleen O'Connor and Jack Perrin. The serial is now considered to be lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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