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The Romance of Tarzan (1918)

The Romance of Tarzan poster
Directed by
Wilfred Lucas
Genre
fantasy film, action film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Tarzan leaves the jungle for the American West, where he battles outlaws and rescues Jane Porter from danger. This silent film adapts the second half of Edgar Rice Burroughs' original novel.

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What happens

The Romance of Tarzan is a 1918 American silent action adventure film directed by Wilfred Lucas starring Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, Thomas Jefferson, and Cleo Madison. The movie was the second Tarzan movie ever made, and is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' original 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes. It adapts only the second part of the novel, the earlier portion having been the basis for the preceding film Tarzan of the Apes (1918). Less popular than its predecessor due to much of the action taking place in the wild west rather than Africa, the film has not been preserved, and no prints of it are known to survive today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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