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In the Midst of the Jungle (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

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In the Midst of the Jungle (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

Col. Jackson, a sportive old Englishman, has cleared a large farm in the region of Fort Congo. He has two daughters, Alice, who inherits the hardihood of her father, the other, one of more gentle mien, Ethel; and his stalwart son, Jack. ...See moreCol. Jackson, a sportive old Englishman, has cleared a large farm in the region of Fort Congo. He has two daughters, Alice, who inherits the hardihood of her father, the other, one of more gentle mien, Ethel; and his stalwart son, Jack. The colonel receives a letter from his old friend Jodgson in Zanzibar, who asks him to come to Mombasa and equip for a big hunt. He starts at once. The succeeding scene shows Jackson, his daughters and his followers, in the saddle, preceded by the beaters. In the morning one of their camels is missing; a search party is organized and they find that the animal has been killed by lions. The colonel indicates that he would be mightily pleased to capture the animal in a net. They set a net and halt the trap with the remains of the camel. The girls start out for the neighborhood of the trap; in their meanderings miss their father and the hunting party, and find a big lion roaring and rampant in the net. This so terrifies their horses that they run away. Alice is swept from her horse's back by an overhanging limb and is so severely injured that she cannot walk. When Alice regains consciousness she crawls away from the enraged lion to hide herself in the jungle, so that when the rescuing party come upon the scene, they find neither the girl nor the lion. From the signs of the struggle they conclude that the lion has killed and eaten the unfortunate young woman, and begin to scour the country, following the track of the lion. The injured young woman is given up for lost and the hunting party, after many searches, sadly return to their home. Her hold on life is strong, bat her injuries have resulted in a brain clot. She regains her strength, but has lost all memory. She dominates the wild fierce kingdom of the forest like a queen, with leopards as her guardians. And so, while her friends and relatives go back to their domicile, mourning her as dead, she lives on, a strange recluse in the savage depths of the jungle. Two years have presumably intervened since the death or disappearance of Lady Alice, when one night, her father has a dream in which he sees the daughter he had given up for dead, as the inhabitant of a rude hut in the jungle. It is so vivid and strong that he impetuously orders his entourage to equip for a work of rescue. In the lone thatched hut in the wilds of the forest, is discovered Lady Alice with her pet leopards. Her strange, wild life runs on, and she seems immune to the manifold terrors all about her. Now comes a new and more desperate danger. She is trailed by hungry lions. She rushes into her hut, throws her weight against the door, readies for the heavy wooden bar, but it is too far away. The lions are jumping against the frail door roaring in rage and clawing at the wood and thatch. She leans heavily against the thin woodwork, bending under the terrible leaps and clawing of the maddened beasts. She is faint, well-nigh exhausted and is sinking on the floor so that the door bends above her, when there is a sound of a shot. The body of a great beast falls crashing through the frail door and others run away from the fusillade of bullets that come from the rescuing party led by the colonel, for they have discovered the hut in the wilderness and its heroic tenant just in time. The shock of it all restores to reason this woman of the wilderness. She recognizes the father, who sees again his fondest hope and realizes in truth that his dream has indeed come true. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Hobart Bosworth Col. Jackson Col. Jackson See fewer	The Sea Wolf (1913)
Kathlyn Williams Alice Jackson Alice Jackson See fewer	The Rosary (1915)
Herbert Rawlinson Jack Jackson Jack Jackson See fewer	The Flame Fighter (1925)
Lorraine Otto Ethel Jackson Ethel Jackson See fewer	Vengeance of the Wilds (1915)
Al Ernest Garcia Actor (as Al E. Garcia) Actor (as Al E. Garcia) See fewer	Modern Times (1936)