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James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series
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James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series

Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. He is the son of a British Lord and Lady, marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. His parents died when he was an infant, and he was raised by Great Apes of a species unknown to science. Kala is his ape mother. Tarzan (White-skin) is his ape name; his English name is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke. As a young adult, he meets Jane, and when she returns to America he leaves the jungle in search of his true love. Tarzan and Jane marry, and he lives with her for a time in England. They have one son, Jack, who takes the ape name Korak. Tarzan is contemptuous of the hypocrisy of civilization, and he and Jane return to Africa where, both being immortal, they still live. Along with Doc Savage and Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan is one of the cornerstones of the Wold Newton family. Image File history File links Radjpjp3. ... Image File history File links Radjpjp3. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Tarzan of the Apes is a series of books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. ... Korak is the ape name of Jack Clayton, son of Tarzan. ... Doc Savage is a fictional character, one of the most enduring pulp heroes of the 1930s and 1940s. ... Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist Sidney Edward Paget in Strand Magazine. ... The Wold Newton family is a literary concept derived from a form of crossover fiction developed by the science fiction writer Philip José Farmer. ...

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Tarzan as literary character

Tarzan has been called one of the best-known literary characters in the world. He has appeared in films, comic strips, comic books, radio, and television programs. The Internet Movie Database lists 88 movies with Tarzan in the title between 1918 and 1999. Many of the Hollywood Tarzan films from the 1930s on featured Tarzan's chimpanzee companion Cheeta. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cheeta making his second appearance in a Tarzan film. ...


Science fiction author Philip José Farmer wrote Tarzan Alive!, a biography of Tarzan utilizing the frame device that he was a real person. See also Wold Newton family. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918, Peoria, Illinois) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc) is a narrative technique whereby a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story. ... The Wold Newton family is a literary concept derived from a form of crossover fiction developed by the science fiction writer Philip José Farmer. ...


(Farmer makes an issue of the fact that Tarzan, as a real person and a lord, had a seat in the House of Lords in London; since the hereditary right of peers to sit in the Upper House was abolished in 1999, Tarzan must have been one of those lords who were thrown out of the British Parliament at the time.) This article is about the British House of Lords. ... This article is about the British city. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here:This article is about the legislative institution. ...


Tarzan appears briefly as a character in the book Lust, by Geoff Ryman. Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and slipstream fiction. ...


Even though the copyright on Tarzan of the Apes has expired in the United States of America, all of Burroughs's works will remain under copyright in the European Union until 2021, and the name TARZAN is a trademark. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... 2021 is a common year starting on Friday. ... A trademark or trade mark is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to distinguish the business and its products or services from those of other businesses. ...


Tarzana, California, where Burroughs made his home, was renamed in honor of Tarzan in 1927. Tarzana is a community in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. ...


In Israel in the 1950's and early 1960's there was a thriving industry of locally-produced Tarzan adventures published weekly in 24-page brochures by several competing publishing houses, none of which bothered to get any authorization from the Burroughs estate. The stories featured Tarzan in contemporary Africa, a popular theme being his fighting against the Mau Mau in 1950s Kenya and single-handedly crushing their revolt several times over. He also fought a great variety of monsters, vampires and invaders from outer space infesting the African jungles, and discovered several more lost cities and cultures in addition to the ones depicted in the Burroughs canon. Some brochures had him meet with Israelis and take Israel's side against her Arab enemies, especially Nasser's Egypt. The Mau Mau Uprising was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British colonial administration from 1952 to 1960. ... Further reading Christopher Frayling - Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula 1992. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر) Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 - September 28, 1970) was the second President of Egypt after Muhammad Naguib and is considered one of the most important Arab leaders in history. ...


None of the brochures ever bore a writer's name, and the various publishers - "Elephant Publishing" (Hebrew: הוצאת הפיל), "Rhino Publishing" (Hebrew: הוצאת הקרנף) and several similar names - provided no more of an address than POB numbers in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Unconfirmed rumor has it that some later well-known Israeli writers began their careers with writing pirated Tarzan stories. These Tarzan brochures were extremely popular among Israeli youths of the time, successfully competing with the numerous Hebrew translations of the original Tarzan novels, and are recalled with nostalgia by many Israelis now in their fifties. The Tarzan brochures faded out by the middle 1960s, surviving copies at present fetching high prizes as collectors' items in the Israeli used-book market. Researcher Eli Eshed has spent considerable time and effort on the Tarzan brochures and other Israeli pulp magazines and paperbacks. See: [1], [2] [3] Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel with the West Bank, the United States, and Jewish communities around the world. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel with the West Bank, the United States, and Jewish communities around the world. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Jerusalem (31°46′N 35°14′E; Hebrew: (help· info) Yerushalayim; Arabic: (help· info) al-Quds, Greek Ιεροσόλυμα), is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ... Pulp magazines, often called simply the pulps, were inexpensive text fiction magazines widely published in the 1920s through the 1950s. ...


The popularity of Tarzan in Israel had some effect on the spoken Hebrew language. As it happens, "tarzan" (Hebrew: טרזן) is a long-established Hebrew word, translatable as "dandy, fop, coxcomb" (according to R. Alcalay's Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary of 1990). However, a word could not survive with that meaning while being identical with the name of a popular fictional character usually depicted as wearing a loincloth and jumping from tree to tree in the jungle. Since the 1950s the word in its original meaning has completely disappeared from the spoken language, and is virtually unknown to Hebrew speakers at present - though still duly appearing in dictionaries. Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel with the West Bank, the United States, and Jewish communities around the world. ...


In the 1950's Syria and Lebanon - Israel's warring neighbors - also saw the flourishing of pirated Tarzan stories. As could be expected, Tarzan in this version was a staunch supporter of the Arab cause and helped his Arab friends foil various fiendish Israeli plots. (James R. Nesteby,'Tarzan of Arabia', in the Journal of Popular Culture, volume 15, number 1, 1981.)


Books

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

  1. Tarzan of the Apes (1912) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[4])
  2. The Return of Tarzan 1913) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[5])
  3. The Beasts of Tarzan (1914) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[6])
  4. The Son of Tarzan (1914) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[7])
  5. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[8])
  6. Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1916, 1917) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[9])
  7. Tarzan the Untamed (1919, 1921) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[10])
  8. Tarzan the Terrible (1921) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[11])
  9. Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922, 1923)
  10. Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924)
  11. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1927, 1928)
  12. Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1928)
  13. Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929)
  14. Tarzan the Invincible (1930, 1931)
  15. Tarzan Triumphant (1931)
  16. Tarzan and the City of Gold (1932)
  17. Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933, 1934)
  18. Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1935)
  19. Tarzan's Quest (1935, 1936)
  20. Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938)
  21. Tarzan the Magnificent (1936, 1937)
  22. Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947)
  23. Tarzan and the Madman (1964)
  24. Tarzan and the Castaways (1940, 1941, 1965)
  • for younger readers

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by other authors

  • Barton Werper
    1. Tarzan and the Silver Globe (1964)
    2. Tarzan and the Cave City (1964)
    3. Tarzan and the Snake People (1964)
    4. Tarzan and the Abominable Snowmen (1965)
    5. Tarzan and the Winged Invaders (1965)
    • note: the Werper novels were never authorized by ERB, Inc.; they were taken off the market and remaining copies destroyed.
  • Fritz Leiber
    • Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
  • Philip José Farmer
    • A Feast Unknown (circa 1966)
    • Lord of the Trees (circa 1966)
    • Tarzan Alive (1972)--A fictional biography of Tarzan (here Lord Greystoke), which is one of the two foundational books (along with The Apocalyptic Life of Doc Savage) of the Wold Newton family.
    • The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (1974)
    • Time's Last Gift (1985)
    • The Dark Heart of Time: a Tarzan Novel (1999)
    • Note: Feast, Trees, Peerless Peer, and Time's Last Gift do not call the character "Tarzan," but it's pretty obvious that that is who he is. This "not-Tarzan, wink-nudge" character also puts in appearances in:
    • Hadon of Ancient Opar (1974)
    • Flight to Opar (1976)
  • ERB and Joe R. Lansdale
    • Tarzan: the Lost Adventure (1995)
  • R. A. Salvatore
    • Tarzan: the Epic Adventures (1996)
  • Nigel Cox
    • Tarzan Presley (2004). This novel combines aspects of Tarzan and Elvis Presley into a single character, within New Zealand and American settings. Upon its release it was subject to legal action in the United States and at the time of writing (March 2006) had not been published in there since 2004.

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Tarzan in other media

Movies

The first Tarzan movies were silent pictures adapted from the original Tarzan novels which appeared within a few years of the character's creation. With the advent of talking pictures, a popular Tarzan movie franchise was developed, anchored at first by actor Johnny Weissmuller in the title role, which lasted from the 1930s through the 1960s. Later Tarzan films have been occasional and somewhat idiosyncratic. Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan in Tarzan and His Mate Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Danube Swabian swimmer and actor born in Austro-Hungary (in a town now in the Romanian Banat), who came with his parents to the United States. ...


Tarzan in silent movies

The first Tarzan movies were five silent films released from 1918 to 1921, most based on the original novels. Elmo Lincoln starred in several. A handful of additional silents in the late 1920s continued the pattern without Lincoln. The first Tarzan sound film was Tarzan the Tiger (1929), featuring Frank Merrill as the Ape Man, shot as a silent but dubbed for release. It was Merrill’s second Tarzan movie, and it cost him the role, as his voice was deemed unsuitable for the part. Elmo Lincoln is best known in his silent movie role of Tarzan. ... Major General Frank Merrill (1903 – 1955) He is best rembered for his command of Merrills Marauders, officially 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II. Merrills Marauders came under General Joseph Stilwells Northern Combat Area Command. ...


The Weissmuller era

The most popular series of Tarzan films began with Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Starting afresh with an extremely free adaptation of Tarzan of the Apes which threw out everything that had gone before, it was a boon to the franchise if not to the character, who was recast as a natural hero with a limited vocabulary. Weissmuller continued to star as the Ape Man in eleven sequels, through 1948, and the series continued on a solid basis into the 1960s. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) is an action adventure film starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith & Maureen OSullivan. ... Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan in Tarzan and His Mate Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Danube Swabian swimmer and actor born in Austro-Hungary (in a town now in the Romanian Banat), who came with his parents to the United States. ... Maureen OSullivan as Jane in Tarzan and His Mate Maureen O’Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish actress. ... Tarzan of the Apes is a series of books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. ...


During the Weissmuller period a number of competing films were made starring other actors, including Tarzan the Fearless (1933), featuring Buster Crabbe. The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935), hearkening back to the original concept of the character as an intelligent Englishman, was a serial featuring Herman Brix that was reedited into two feature films, the first (confusingly) released in the same year and with the same title, and the second, Tarzan and the Green Goddess released in 1938. Tarzan’s Revenge, also released in 1938, starred Glen Morris. The New Adventures of Tarzan is a 1935 American film serial in 12 episodes. ... Bennett in Sudden Fear Actor Bruce Bennett (sometimes credited as Herman Brix) was a movie and television actor. ...


The franchise after Weissmuller

Following the Weissmuller films, Lex Barker portrayed Tarzan in five films (1949-1953). Next came six films starring Gordon Scott (1955-1960), of which the most highly regarded were Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) and Tarzan the Magnificent (1960). Then there were two films featuring Jock Mahoney (1962-1963), three with Mike Henry (1966-1968), and two (adaptations of television episodes) with Ron Ely (1970). These later Tarzan films saw the character evolve from Weissmuller’s simple family man who lived in a tree house with Jane and Boy into an intelligent but apparently rootless adventurer. Tarzan, the Ape Man was remade in 1959 in a poorly-received version starring Denny Miller. Lex Barker as Tarzan Lex Barker (May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973) was born Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. ... Gordon Scott (with Rickie Sorenson) in Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) Gordon Scott was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Tarzan in the 1950s. ... Tarzans Greatest Adventure is a 1959 British film directed by John Guillerman. ... Mike Henry as Tarzan With the Los Angeles Rams Mike Henry (b. ... Ron Ely or Ronald Ely (born 21 June 1938) is the stage name of the American actor born Ronald Pierce in Hereford, Texas. ... Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1981 American action movie and adventure film directed by John Derek. ... Denny Miller as Tongo the Ape Man, Gilligans Island Denny Miller (b. ...


Later films

After the Ely films the movie Tarzan went on hiatus until another remake of Tarzan, the Ape Man in 1981, a disastrous flop with Miles O’Keeffe in the title role, whose sole reason for existence seemed to be to exhibit co-star Bo Derek as Jane in various states of undress. The better received Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes followed in 1984, starring Christopher Lambert. Returning to the source material, it updated Burroughs’ original novel in the light of 1980s sensibilities and science, utilizing a number of corrective ideas first put forth by science fiction author Philip José Farmer in his mock-biography Tarzan Alive. While restoring Tarzan’s identity as an intelligent human being, Greystoke portrayed his adaptation to civilization as a failure, and his return to the wild as a matter of necessity rather than choice. The last live-action Tarzan movie to date was Tarzan and the Lost City (1998). Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1981 American action movie and adventure film directed by John Derek. ... Bo Derek Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956, Long Beach, California) is an American film actress and model of Irish, German and Dutch descent. ... Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 film with Sir Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell and Cheryl Campbell. ... Christophe Lambert (born March 29, French actor. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918, Peoria, Illinois) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ...


The Disney Tarzan

Disney’s animated Tarzan (1999) marked a new beginning for the ape man, taking its inspiration equally from Burroughs and Greystoke. Its major innovations were recasting the original fictitious ape species that adopted Tarzan as gorillas and turning Clayton, his unworthy cousin and rival for the affections of Jane in the early novels, into a brawny out-and-out villain. Two direct to video sequels followed, the forgettable Tarzan and Jane (2002) and the more memorable Tarzan II (2005), a re-exploration of the ape man’s childhood. Walt Disney Pictures is an American movie studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. ... Tarzan is the thirty-seventh animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Tarzan II is a direct-to-video midquel to Tarzan (1999 film), telling the story of Tarzans childhood. ...


Tarzan on television

Meanwhile, series television had emerged as the primary vehicle bringing the character to the public. Ron Ely’s live action Tarzan series ran from 1966-1968, an intelligent and reasonably faithful rendition of the character, though it saddled him with Cheeta the chimpanzee from the movies and a child sidekick, the orphan boy Jai (Manuel Padilla, Jr., who also played the similar roles of Ramel and Pepe in Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) and Tarzan and the Great River (1967)). The character Jai first appeared in the film Tarzan Goes to India, played by a young actor of the same name.


An animated series from Filmation, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, aired from 1976–1977, with new and repeat episodes in the anthology programs Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour (1977–1978), Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–1980), The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–1981), and Tarzan/Lone ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour) (1981–1982). The first Filmation logo. ... Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle was an animated series created by the Filmation studio for CBS. There were a total of 36 episodes produced over the first four seasons. ... The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour was a Filmation series that ran on CBS during the 1977–1978 television season. ... Super 7, originally called Tarzan and the Super 7, was a Saturday morning cartoon program, produced by Filmation and originally airing from 1978–1980 on CBS. It consisted of separate installments featuring seven groups of adventurers. ...


Following were Tarzan in Manhattan (1989), an offbeat TV movie, and Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996), a new live-action series that was well-intentioned but poorly received. Disney’s animated series The Legend of Tarzan (2001-2003) was a spin-off from its animated film. The latest television series is the live-action Tarzan (2003), which interestingly if wrenchingly updates the setting to contemporary New York City, with Jane as a police detective. Tarzan & Jane DVD Cover The Legend of Tarzan Initially meant as Toon Disneys first original series (though ultimately shunted to UPNs Disneys One Too lineup), The Legend of Tarzan picks up where Disneys feature film left off, with the title character adjusting to his new role... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ...


Other

The film Tarzan corpus also includes a number of documentaries, most of them either made for television or to accompany video sets of Tarzan movies, a number of derivative foreign-language productions from China, India, and Turkey, and various spoofs and parodies.


Filmography

Silents
  • Tarzan of the Apes (1918) (Elmo Lincoln) – based on the first part of the novel Tarzan of the Apes
  • The Romance of Tarzan (1918) (Elmo Lincoln) – based on the second part of the novel Tarzan of the Apes
  • The Revenge of Tarzan (1920) (Gene Pollar) – based on the first part of the novel The Return of Tarzan
  • Son of Tarzan (1920) (P. Demsey Tabler) – serial based on the novel The Son of Tarzan
  • The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) (Elmo Lincoln) – based on the second part of the novel The Return of Tarzan
  • Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) (James Pierce) – based on the novel Tarzan and the Golden Lion
  • Tarzan the Mighty (1928) (Frank Merrill) – an original story; the working title was Jungle Tales of Tarzan but it is not based on the Burroughs novel of that name
  • Tarzan the Tiger (1929) (Frank Merrill) – based on the novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar; filmed as a silent but dubbed to become the first Tarzan sound film

Franchise films
  • Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan and His Mate (1934) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan Escapes (1936) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan Triumphs (1943) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan’s Desert Mystery (1943) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) (Johnny Weissmuller)
  • Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) (Lex Barker)
  • Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) (Lex Barker)
  • Tarzan's Peril (1951) (Lex Barker)
  • Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) (Lex Barker)
  • Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) (Lex Barker)
  • Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) (Gordon Scott)
  • Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) (Gordon Scott)
  • Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) (Gordon Scott)
  • Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) (Gordon Scott)
  • Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) (Gordon Scott)
  • Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) (Gordon Scott) – has nothing to do with the Burroughs novel of that title
  • Tarzan Goes to India (1962) (Jock Mahoney)
  • Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) (Jock Mahoney)
  • Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) (Mike Henry) – novelization by Fritz Lieber
  • Tarzan and the Great River (1967) (Mike Henry)
  • Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968) (Mike Henry)
  • Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970 (Ron Ely)

Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) is an action adventure film starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith & Maureen OSullivan. ... Tarzan and His Mate is a Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. ... Tarzan Escapes is the third in the MGM Tarzan series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the King of the Apes. Plot Captain Fry, a hunter, attempts to take Tarzan to civilization so he can be put on public display. ... Tarzans New York Adventure is a 1942 film, the sixth Tarzan film to feature actors Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen OSullivan. ... Tarzan and the Leopard Woman was a 1946 action film. ... Tarzans Greatest Adventure is a 1959 British film directed by John Guillerman. ... A novelization (or novelisation in British English) is a work of fiction that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work. ... Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ...

Competing films
  • Tarzan the Fearless (1933) (Buster Crabbe)
  • The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) (Herman Brix) – released in serial and feature film versions
  • Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938) (Herman Brix)
  • Tarzan’s Revenge (1938) (Glen Morris)
  • Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959) (Denny Miller)

The New Adventures of Tarzan is a 1935 American film serial in 12 episodes. ...

Later films

Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1981 American action movie and adventure film directed by John Derek. ... Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 film with Sir Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell and Cheryl Campbell. ... Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... Tarzan is the thirty-seventh animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Direct-to-Video sequel to Tarzan (1999 film). ... Tarzan II is a direct-to-video midquel to Tarzan (1999 film), telling the story of Tarzans childhood. ...

Television

Ron Ely or Ronald Ely (born 21 June 1938) is the stage name of the American actor born Ronald Pierce in Hereford, Texas. ... Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle was an animated series created by the Filmation studio for CBS. There were a total of 36 episodes produced over the first four seasons. ... The first Filmation logo. ... The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour was a Filmation series that ran on CBS during the 1977–1978 television season. ... Super 7, originally called Tarzan and the Super 7, was a Saturday morning cartoon program, produced by Filmation and originally airing from 1978–1980 on CBS. It consisted of separate installments featuring seven groups of adventurers. ... Tarzan & Jane DVD Cover The Legend of Tarzan Initially meant as Toon Disneys first original series (though ultimately shunted to UPNs Disneys One Too lineup), The Legend of Tarzan picks up where Disneys feature film left off, with the title character adjusting to his new role... Walt Disney Television is a United States-based television production company, and is a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... The WB Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, or sometimes as The Frog (referring to the networks former mascot, the animated character Michigan J. Frog), is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ...

Documentaries
  • Tarzan: The Legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1996)
  • Tarzan at the Movies, Part 1: Johnny Weissmuller (1996)
  • Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan (1996)
  • Investigating Tarzan (1997)
  • The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan (2004)
  • Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle (2004)

Comic strips

Tarzan of the Apes was the first novel to be adapted in newspaper strip form, in early 1929, with illustrations by Hal Foster. A full page Sunday strip began March 15, 1931 by Rex Maxon. Over the years, many artists have drawn the Tarzan comic strip, notably Burne Hogarth, Russ Manning, and Mike Grell. The daily strip began to reprint old dailies after the last Russ Manning daily #10,308 29 July 1972. The Sunday strip also turned to reprints circa 2000. Both strips continue as reprints today, in a few newspapers and in Comics Revue magazine. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harold Rudolph Foster (August 18, 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia - July 25, 1982) created the comic Prince Valiant. ... Full page is a format of newspaper comic strips. ... See also Comic strip and Daily strip. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Burne Hogarth (December 25, 1911 - January 28, 1996) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, educator, and author. ... Russ Manning or Russell Manning (1929-1981) was a comics illustrator and designer who created the Magnus, Robot Fighter comics and illustrated many other comics and comic strip series such as Tarzan and Star Wars. ... Mike Grell (born 1947) is a comic book writer and artist. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Comics Revue is a monthly small press comic book published by Manuscript Press. ...


The comic strip has often borrowed plots and characters from the Burroughs books. Writer Don Kraar, who wrote the strip from 1982 to 1995, included in his scripts David Innes and John Carter of Mars. In 1911, Edgar Rice Burroughs, now best known as the creator of the character Tarzan, began his writing career with A Princess of Mars, a rousing tale of pulp adventure on the planet Barsoom or Mars. ...


Comic books

Tarzan has appeared in many comic books, first in reprints of the comic strip, and later in a long running Tarzan comic book from Dell. Other publishers of Tarzan comic books include Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse. The word Dell can refer to the following: Dell, Inc. ... Marvel or marvel can refer to: Marvel Comics, a comic book publishing company based in the United States of America. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... A dark horse candidate is one who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice. ...


Computer games

A computer game by Michael Archer was produced by Martech. For more information see Tarzan (computer game).


Ephemera

There have been several Tarzan View-Master reels and packets, plus numerous Tarzan coloring books, children's books, follow-the-dots and activity books. View-Master reels from a German Karl May-movie. ...


In the film Histoire de Pen there is a character named after Tarzan and another named after The Phantom. The Phantom is a comic strip created by Lee Falk (also creator of Mandrake the Magician), recounting the adventures of a costumed crime-fighter called the Phantom. ...


Actors portraying Tarzan

A number of actors have played Tarzan over the years, with the most famous and longest-lasting being Johnny Weissmuller, a Danube Swabian born in Austro-Hungary (in a town now in Romania), who came with his parents to the United States. Due to complex licensing issues relating to Tarzan, several Tarzan movie series actually overlapped. For example, Buster Crabbe, Herman Brix and Glenn Morris all made Tarzan films concurrently with the 1932-1948 Weismuller series. Mike Henry played Tarzan in several theatrical releases that came out concurrently with Ron Ely's TV series. (Henry had been approached to star in the TV series but had declined.) Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan in Tarzan and His Mate Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Danube Swabian swimmer and actor born in Austro-Hungary (in a town now in the Romanian Banat), who came with his parents to the United States. ... The Danube Swabians (German: Donauschwaben; sometimes Donau Schwabians in English) is a collective term for Germans who lived in the former Kingdom of Hungary, especially in the Danube (Donau) river valley. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...


Movies

Elmo Lincoln is best known in his silent movie role of Tarzan. ... Gene Pollar (16 September 1892-20 October 1971) was the stage name of New York City fireman Joseph Pohler. ... James H. Pierce, of Shelbyville, IN, became one of the first actors to portray Tarzan on film. ... Major General Frank Merrill (1903 – 1955) He is best rembered for his command of Merrills Marauders, officially 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II. Merrills Marauders came under General Joseph Stilwells Northern Combat Area Command. ... Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan in Tarzan and His Mate Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Danube Swabian swimmer and actor born in Austro-Hungary (in a town now in the Romanian Banat), who came with his parents to the United States. ... For the British Royal Navy frogman nicknamed Buster Crabb, see Lionel Crabb. ... Bennett in Sudden Fear Actor Bruce Bennett (sometimes credited as Herman Brix) was a movie and television actor. ... Bennett in Sudden Fear Actor Bruce Bennett (born, and originally credited as, Herman Brix) was a movie and television actor, born May 16, 1906, in Tacoma, Washington. ... Glenn Morris (1912 - 1973) was a U.S. track athlete. ... Lex Barker as Tarzan Lex Barker (May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973) was born Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. ... Norman Eugene Clint Walker (born May 30, 1927 in Hartford, Illinois) is an American actor best known for his cowboy role as Cheyenne Bodie in the TV Western series, Cheyenne. ... Gordon Scott (with Rickie Sorenson) in Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) Gordon Scott was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Tarzan in the 1950s. ... Denny Miller as Tongo the Ape Man, Gilligans Island Denny Miller (b. ... Ron Ely or Ronald Ely (born 21 June 1938) is the stage name of the American actor born Ronald Pierce in Hereford, Texas. ... Mike Henry as Tarzan With the Los Angeles Rams Mike Henry (b. ... Miles OKeeffe (born 1954) is a television and movie actor. ... Christophe Lambert (born March 29, French actor. ... Casper Van Dien (born Milton, Florida, December 18, 1968) is an American actor. ... Anthony Howard Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. ... Tarzan is a Walt Disney animated film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, Tarzan of the Apes, released in the United States on June 18, 1999. ... Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30, 1951 in London), better known as Phil Collins, is a British rock/pop musician. ... Alex D. Linz Alexander David Linz (born January 3, 1989 in Santa Barbara, California to Daniel Linz and Deborah Baltaxe), better known as Alex D. Linz, is a Jewish American actor. ... Tarzan is a Walt Disney animated film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, Tarzan of the Apes, released in the United States on June 18, 1999. ...

Radio

  • James Pierce 1932-1934
  • Carlton KaDell 1934-1936
  • Lamont Johnson 1950-1951

James H. Pierce, of Shelbyville, IN, became one of the first actors to portray Tarzan on film. ...

TV

Gordon Scott (with Rickie Sorenson) in Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) Gordon Scott was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Tarzan in the 1950s. ... Ron Ely or Ronald Ely (born 21 June 1938) is the stage name of the American actor born Ronald Pierce in Hereford, Texas. ... Robert Ridgely (December 24, 1931—February 8, 1997) was an American actor and vocal artist, known for both on-camera roles and extensive voice-over work. ... Travis Fimmel Travis Fimmel (born July 15, 1979) is an Australian fashion model and actor. ...

Critical reception

While Tarzan of the Apes met with some critical success, subsequent books in the series have received a cooler reception. They have been criticized for being derivative and formulaic. The characters are often said to be two-dimensional, the dialogue wooden, and the storytelling devices (such as excessive reliance on coincidence) strain credibility. While Burroughs is a vivid storyteller, he is not considered a polished novelist.


Despite critical panning, the Tarzan stories have been amazingly popular. Fans love his melodramatic situations and the elaborate details he works into his fictional world. His construction of a partial language for his great apes is an example of the sort of detail that fans love.


Since the beginning of the 1970s, Tarzan books and movies have often been critized as being blatantly racist. This comes from an overwhelmingly negative and stereotypical portrayal of Blacks and Africans. While there are positive characters, such as the Waziri tribe, they are always shown as subservient to the white characters. The fact that the character of Tarzan (whose name translates as "white-skin") is better adapted to life in Africa than the Black African characters is also seen as a sign of racism. An African-American man drinks out of the colored only water cooler at a racially segregated streetcar terminal in the United States in 1939. ... The term Blacks is often used in the West to denote race for persons whose progenitors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ...


Burroughs' opinions, made known mainly through the narrative voice in the stories, do reflect racist and sexist themes widely held in his time. The author is not especially mean-spirited about his attitudes. His heroes do not engage in violence against non-submissive women or in racially motivated violence. Still, the attitudes of a superior-inferior relationship are plain and occasionally even made explicit.


When Burroughs moved to Hollywood, his attitudes became much more liberal, and the later Tarzan books include heavy-handed satires of sexism and racism.


Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike, Black African Cinema, University of California Press 1994, p. 40


In Nazi Germany, Tarzan books were condemned as degenerate.


See also

For documented cases of real children raised by animals, see Feral children. ... Tarzan Boy was singer Jimmy McShanes (aka Baltimora) greatest (and only) hit, hailing at number 13 on the U.S. Charts in 1986. ... The Tarzan yell is the distinctive, ululating yell of actor Johnny Weissmuller in the original Tarzan movies. ...

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