For the role of Lota the Panther Woman, a contest was run across the United States to cast an unknown actor for the film. While Paramount had invited stage actor Charles Laughton to Hollywood, they did not have the film set up for him, leading him to work on other projects in 1932. Several writers, including Joseph Moncure March, Cyril Hume, Garrett Fort, and Philip Wylie, worked on scripts for the film. The film is Paramount's follow-up to the successful horror film Dr. Moreau tries to persuade Lota to have sex with Parker so he can continue his experiments. It is revealed all of the island's inhabitants are the results of Moreau's experiments to create humans from animals. Parker agrees to stay until the next boat arrives Moreau introduces him to Lota (Burke), who unknown to Parker, is part-panther. Island of Lost Souls is about Edward Parker (Arlen), a sailor who finds himself stranded on an island that is occupied by the scientist Dr. Wells' 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau, and stars Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, and Kathleen Burke. Produced and distributed by Paramount Productions, it is based on H. Island of Lost Souls is a 1932 American science fiction horror film directed by Erle C.
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