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Tarzan of the Apes is a american film of genre Fantasy directed by Scott Sidney released in USA on 27 january 1918 with Elmo Lincoln
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 january 1918
Length 1h13
Directed by Scott Sidney
OriginUSA
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Rating57%
Tarzan of the Apes is a 1918 American action/adventure silent film directed by Scott Sidney starring Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, George B. French and Gordon Griffith. The movie was the first Tarzan movie ever made, and is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' original novel Tarzan of the Apes. The movie adapts only the first part of the novel, the remainder becoming the basis for the sequel, The Romance of Tarzan. The film is considered the most faithful to the novel of all the film adaptations. Its most notable plot change being the introduction of the character Binns and his role in bringing the Porters to Africa; the novel brought them there through the improbable coincidence of a second mutiny.
Synopsis
John and Alice Clayton, Lord and Lady Greystoke (True Boardman and Kathleen Kirkham), are passengers on the Fuwalda, a ship bound for Africa. When the vessel is taken over by mutineers the sailor Binns (George B. French) saves them from being murdered, but they are marooned on the tropical coast. After their deaths their infant son is adopted by Kala, an ape, who raises him as her own. The young Tarzan (Gordon Griffith) grows to maturity among the apes, becoming their king. Binns, returning to find the Claytons after ten years’ captivity among the Arabs, discovers the ape man and travels to England to report his survival to his family. An expedition led by scientist Professor Porter (Thomas Jefferson) is launched to investigate. Meanwhile, Kala has been killed by a native, who is killed in turn by the now-adult Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln). The villagers kidnap Porter’s daughter Jane (Enid Markey); Tarzan rescues and romances her, and she comes to accept his love.Actors
Elmo Lincoln
(Tarzan)
Enid Markey
(Jane Porter)
George B. French
(Binns - a Sailor)
True Boardman
(John Clayton - Lord Greystoke)
Kathleen Kirkham
(Alice Clayton - Lady Greystoke)
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The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
, 1h36Directed by Wilfred Lucas
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Genres Action, Adventure
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Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres War, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
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, 1h10Origin USA
Genres War, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
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Rating62%
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, 1h21Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
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, 1h29Directed by John Farrow, George B. Seitz, Richard Thorpe, William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Benita Hume, Mario Pisu, Dhia Cristiani, Olinto Cristina
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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
, 1h12Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
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, 1h44Directed by Jack Conway, Cedric Gibbons
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about lions, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
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