Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
1918 · Silent film · 60 min · dir. Scott Sidney
Tarzan did not know why he caressed her... He had never seen a white woman before!
- Action
- silent film
- Adventure
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Scott Sidney
- Writer
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Studio
- National Film Corporation of America
- Released
- 1918-01-27
- Series
- Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln) Collection
- Running time
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Scott Sidney Director
Kathleen Kirkham
Gordon Griffith
George B. French
Thomas Jefferson
Colin Kenny
Eugene Pallette
Elmo Lincoln
Rex Ingram
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · "an excellent film, parts of which still hold up today" · terracesider · 2007-12-19
Before watching this film, I had not realised film-making was so advanced by 1918. I thought the film extremely well-made with good acting and nicely -paced direction. In fact, I found it superior to the rest of the Tarzan films on this site.
★★★★★ · My two cents · duane420 · 2010-01-17
When I was a young teenager, I had read quite a lot of movie books and dreamed of the day I would finally see this film amongst others, while I was in college I seen many of the films on my list but this film I could never find. I have seen many others on my list but until today I had never found this one. Yhea, I WAS impressed and the wait was worthwhile.
★★★★★ · Where to find a copy · pdkeidl · 2010-05-07
Hey, I am searching desperately for a copy of the film. Do you know where to find one? Best,
★★★★ · Request to use a clip for our tv programme · Nadine Kurton · 2012-10-02
We'd like permission to use a clip of this movie on our television programme which we hope to transmit in the UK on 5th October. I have e-mailed you with my request fully, so I look forward to hear from you by e-mail. Many thanks, Nadine
★★★ · Mixed Bag · Athanatos · 2007-12-20
This film is definitely of historical interest to many sorts of people -- Tarzan fans, those interested in adventure films, &c. Its production values are quite high for the time in which it was made; it's easy to find films about ten years younger that are far less well-made. On the other hand, like many films from silent era, this film sustains itself by having characters act randomly, rather than from realistic motive. Villains handicapped by injury or by the weight of a woman take too long to be run-down. An alleged scientist keeps inexplicably silent when he notices that a skull is that…
