Tarzan of the Apes (1918)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

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:

Tarzan | Ape | Gift | Knife | Spear

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:

73 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:

Young men from the New Orleans Athletic Club played the ape parts.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Og (1952)

Pretty good for an early version.

While Elmo Lincoln is hardly ones choice for the role, this is still a pretty good adaption, and much closer to the original story. It was probably really thrilling when it was originally released in 1918, but today we've seen it all before. Of course, the 30's version is the best, but this still isn't bad.