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Tarzan of the Apes

Tarzan of the Apes

Tarzan did not know why he caressed her... He had never seen a white woman before!

19185.31h 0mNR

Overview

A female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many years until a rescue mission is finally launched and the search party combs the jungle for the long-time missing Lord Greystoke. But then, one of the search members, Jane Porter, gets separated from the group and comes face to face with fearsome wild animals. Tarzan saves her from harm just in the knick of time and love begins to blossom.

Directed by Scott Sidney
Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lois Weber, Fred Miller
Produced by William Parsons
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Top Cast

Elmo Lincoln

Elmo Lincoln

Tarzan

Enid Markey

Enid Markey

Jane Porter

Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

Young Tarzan

True Boardman

True Boardman

John Clayton - Lord Greystoke

Kathleen Kirkham

Kathleen Kirkham

Alice Clayton - Lady Greystoke

George B. French

George B. French

Binns - a Sailor

Colin Kenny

Colin Kenny

Greystoke's Nephew

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Prof. Porter

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Bessie Toner

Bar Maid

J

Jack Wilson

Captain of the Fuwalda

Themes & Keywords

tarzansilent film

About Tarzan of the Apes

Tarzan of the Apes is a action, adventure film released in 1918 exploring themes of tarzan, silent film. Directed by Scott Sidney, it stars Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, Gordon Griffith. A female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many years until a rescue mission is finally launched and the search party combs the jungle for the long-time missing Lord Greystoke. But then, one of the search members, Jane Porter, gets separated from the group and comes face to face with fearsome wild animals. Tarzan saves her from harm just in the knick of time and love begins to blossom.

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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
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A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.