The Adventures of Tarzan
About The Adventures of Tarzan
Tarzan refuses La, queen of Opar. Rokoff, a Bolshevik, and Clayton, who claims the Greystoke estate, try to reach Opar. Tarzan is attacked by two lions at once, dropped into a pit when a volcano splits the ground, and nearly sacrificed by sun worshipers.
Cast & crew
More about The Adventures of Tarzan
A 15-chapter serial. Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney directed. Hill and Lillian Valentine wrote it from Edgar Rice Burroughs's The Return of Tarzan and Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. Louis Weiss produced it and released the first chapter on December 1, 1921. Elmo Lincoln plays Tarzan for the third and last time. Louise Lorraine, Scott Pembroke, Frank Whitson, Lillian Worth, and Charles Inslee are billed. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Making
Weiss put Lincoln back in the part for a chapter play drawn from two Burroughs novels.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- La of Opar is the queen he turns down.
- Clayton's claim is the Greystoke estate.
- Lincoln's earlier Tarzan features are not in this serial. This is the last time he played the part.
- The first chapter date is December 1, 1921.
Scenes
- Tarzan turns La away.
- A volcano opens a pit under him.
Influenced by
- The Return of Tarzan
- Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
