Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 13min
- Action, Adventure
- 27 Jan 1918 (USA)
- Movie
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Elmo Lincoln | ... |
Tarzan
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Enid Markey | ... |
Jane Porter
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True Boardman | ... |
John Clayton - Lord Greystoke
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Kathleen Kirkham | ... |
Alice Clayton - Lady Greystoke
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George B. French | ... |
Binns - A Sailor
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Gordon Griffith | ... |
Tarzan - Younger
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Colin Kenny | ... |
Greystoke's Nephew
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Thomas Jefferson | ... |
Prof. Porter
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Bessie Toner | ... |
Bar Maid
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Jack Wilson | ... |
Captain of the Fuwalda
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Louis Morrison | ... |
Innkeeper
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Eugene Pallette |
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Fred L. Wilson |
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Rex Ingram | ... |
(uncredited)
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan | ... |
Esmeralda - Jane's Maid (uncredited)
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Stellan Windrow | ... |
Tree-Swinging Tarzan (uncredited)
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Directed by
Scott Sidney |
Written by
Edgar Rice Burroughs | ... | (novel) |
Fred Miller | ... | (writer) |
Lois Weber | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
William Parsons | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
Enrique Juan Vallejo |
Editing by
Isadore Bernstein | ... | (as Isidore Bernstein) |
Art Direction by
F.I. Wetherbee |
Costume Design by
E.M. Jahrhaus |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Watt | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Ted Bevis | ... | set designer |
Martin J. Doner | ... | set designer |
Camera and Electrical Department
E.A. Martin | ... | wild animal photographer |
Production Companies
Distributors
- First National Exhibitors' Circuit (1918) (United States) (theatrical)
- Stoll Picture Productions (1919) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Pathé Frères (1919) (France) (theatrical)
- Hollywood Film Enterprises (1946) (United States) (16mm & 8mm home use film prints)
- Reel Media International (2004) (World-wide) (VHS)
- Reel Media International (2007) (World-wide)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2009) (United States) (DVD)
- Savoy Film (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
- Mr. Banker Films (2020) (Germany) (DVD)
- Janson Media (2016) (World-wide)
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Plot Summary |
John and Alice Clayton set sail for Africa. Mutineers maroon them. After his parents die, the newborn Tarzan is taken by a great Ape, Kala. Later the boy finds his father's knife and uses it to become King of Apes. Binns, the sailor who saved the Claytons and who has been held by Arab slavers for 10 years, finds the young Tarzan and heads for England to notify his kin. A scientist arrives to check out Binns' story. Tarzan, now a man, kills the native who killed Kala; when their chief is killed, the Black villagers appease Tarzan with gifts and prayers. The scientist's daughter Jane is carried off by a native, rescued by Tarzan (who has burnt the native village), aggressively loved by him ("Tarzan is a man, and men do not force the love of women"), and at last accepts him with open arms.
Written by Ed Stephan |
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Trivia | Edgar Rice Burroughs sold the film rights for "Tarzan of the Apes" to the National Film Corporation on June 6, 1916. He received a record $5,000 cash advance on royalties, $50,000 in company stock and 5% of gross receipts. See more » |
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