Sunday Morning Matinee- Tarzan of the Apes (1918)

When I was growing up part of my weekend was spent sitting in front of the t.v.  watching double feature monster movies but for a long while they showed most every Tarzan movie of the sound era that had been made up to that time (late 60's early 70's). My favorite were the ones starring  Johnny Weissmuller as the lord of the apes but I enjoyed them all watching them repeatedly.

 

The photo that tormented me so.

Every so often, though, I'd see a photo in Famous Monsters of Filmland of Tarzan films I was not familiar with like those of the silent era. Forry Ackerman had countless tantalizing images he'd place in his wonderful magazine just for fun, I guess. This was before the internet so I had very little access to any further information about these films beyond the caption under the photo. They remained a mystery for a very long time. It drove my little kid mind crazy!

The silent feature in today's Sunday Morning Matinee is the first Tarzan movie ever filmed starring Elmo Lincoln who went on to star in the next two Tarzan features of the silent era. Below are wiki links with tons more info on Edgar Rice Burroughs' iconic character. Enjoy!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_of_the_Apes_(film)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_in_film_and_other_non-print_media


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo_Lincoln