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Androcles and the Lion: Directed by Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray. With Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young, Robert Newton. Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray
- 1953-01-09
Androcles And The Lion Trailer 1952Director: Chester ErskineStarring: Alan Young, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Official Conten...
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Androcles and the Lion is a 1952 RKO film produced by Gabriel Pascal from the 1912 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name. It was Pascal's last film, made two years after the death of Shaw, his long-standing friend and mentor, and two years before Pascal's own death.
Androcles and the Lion Story for Kids-A classic Aesops fable, a Greek slave Androcles runs away & in the woods, meets a lion who is in even greater trouble.
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values.
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Oct 30, 2020 · While fleeing through a forest, Androcles and Megaera encounter a lion, whose roar causes Megaera to faint with terror. The animal-loving Androcles, however, notices that the lion has a large thorn stuck in its paw and gently removes it.
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Overview. George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values.
