Tarzan of the Apes (1918)

Director:

Scott Sidney

Writers:

Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel)
Fred Miller (writer)

Release Date:

27 January 1918 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

With an unusually brilliant cast including...[list of cast members]...and 500 others

Plot:

The plot follows the novel more closely than does any other Tarzan movie. John and Alice Clayton take ship for Africa...

Plot Keywords:

Strangulation | Spear | Spanish Moss | Skeleton | Rifle

Cast

Elmo Lincoln	...	Tarzan
Enid Markey	...	Jane Porter
True Boardman	...	John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
Kathleen Kirkham	...	Alice Clayton, Lady Greystoke
George B. French	...	Binns, a sailor
Gordon Griffith	...	Tarzan, younger
Colin Kenny	...	Greystoke's nephew
Thomas Jefferson	...	Professor Porter
Bessie Toner	...	Bar Maid
Jack Wilson	...	Captain of the Fuwalda
Louis Morrison	...	Innkeeper
Eugene Pallette
Fred L. Wilson

Runtime:

55 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

National Film Corporation of America

Trivia:

Elmo Lincoln's stunt double was Frank Merrill, who would later go on to play Tarzan in two films.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (2004) (VG)

Crude but faithful to the story

This original silent version of the Lord of the Apes is perhaps the truest screen representation of the way Tarzan is envisioned in the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is seems very crude but really isn't. It follows the first story (in as much as it can in the limited time of the feature) very closely. Elmo Lincoln, while no Adonis, is very adequate in the role. He's not Johnny Weissmuller...but then Johnny didn't really look all too much like Tarzan should have either.