The Leopard Lady

The Leopard Lady
The Leopard Lady
Directed by	Rupert Julian
Written by	Beulah Marie Dix; Edward Childs Carpenter (play);
Produced by	Bertram Millhauser
Starring	Jacqueline Logan; Alan Hale; Robert Armstrong;
Cinematography	John J. Mescall
Edited by	Claude Berkeley
Production; company	DeMille Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	January 22, 1928
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles;

The Leopard Lady is a 1928 American silent horror film directed by Rupert Julian, written by Beulah Marie Dix, and starring Jacqueline Logan, Alan Hale and Robert Armstrong.^[1] The film, based on a play by Edward Childs Carpenter, is about a female animal trainer named Paula who goes undercover at a circus that has been beset by a number of unexplained horrific murders. A gorilla trained to kill people turns out to be the culprit, the simian being played by Charles Gemora (who made a career of playing apes in horror films, including 1932's Murders in the Rue Morgue). The cast boasted several name stars who went on to long acting careers, including Alan Hale, Robert Armstrong, and Richard Alexander (who appeared in numerous B-Westerns and serials). Rupert Julian directed this film late in his fading career, following it up with his final picture The Cat Creeps' (1930), another lost film.^[2]

Cast[edit]

Jacqueline Logan as Paula
Alan Hale as Caesar
Robert Armstrong as Chris
Hedwiga Reicher as Fran Holweg
James Bradbury Sr. as Herman Berlitz
Richard Alexander as Hector - Lion Tamer
William P. Burt as Presner
Sylvia Ashton as Mama Lolita
Kay Deslys as Austrian Maid
Willie Mae Carson as Austrian Maid

References[edit]

^ Munden p.429
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

Bibliography[edit]

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.