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Tarzan's Revenge


Tarzan's Revenge is a 1938 American adventure film starring Glenn Morris in his only outing as Tarzan. Eleanor Holm, a popular swimming star, co-starred as Eleanor Reed. The film was produced by Sol Lesser, written by R. Lee Johnson and Jay Vann (based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs) and directed by D. Ross Lederman. Sol Lesser cast two Olympic athletes in "Tarzan's Revenge": 1936 decathlon champion Glenn Morris as Tarzan and aquatic medal-winner Eleanor Holm as "Eleanor".
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The Revenge of Tarzan


The Revenge of Tarzan (1920) is a silent adventure film, originally advertised as The Return of Tarzan, and the third Tarzan film produced. The film was produced by the Great Western Film Producing Company, a subsidiary of the Numa Pictures Corporation. The film was sold to Goldwyn Pictures for distribution. The film was written by Robert Saxmar, based on the 1915 novel "The Return of Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and directed by Harry Revier and George M. Merrick. It was released on May 30, 1920
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had been ordained a minister in his youth. Then they all set sail for civilization, taking along the treasure Tarzan had found in Opar. Burroughs' novel was the basis of two movies, the silent films "The Revenge of Tarzan" (1920) and "The Adventures of Tarzan" (1921), based on the first and second parts of the book, respectively. The first film starred Gene Pollar as the ape man, and the second Elmo Lincoln, the original movie Tarzan. Nikolas Rokoff and Alexis appears
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Tarzan the Tiger


Africa, with Lady Jane and friend Albert Werper, in order to return to Opar. He needs the treasure of Opar in order to secure his estates in England. Werper, however, is actually interested in the gold himself. He is in league with Arab slave trader Achmet Zek who wishes revenge on Tarzan and Lady Jane for himself. "Quoted text from the opening credits for each character." "Tarzan the Tiger" was a sequel based on the success of "Tarzan the Mighty". Advertising for the serial
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Gene Pollar


The Return of Tarzan", based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel "The Return of Tarzan", and also changed his name to Gene Pollar. Pollar was paid $100 per week. The production was sold to Goldwyn Distribution Corporation in April 1920. As a precautionary measure, since it featured a new star, the film was retitled "The Revenge of Tarzan" just two weeks prior to its opening on July 20, 1920. The film was a success, but Numa refused to release Pollar to accept a contract
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father (Nedumudi Venu). Aadhityan tells Tarzan to let matters lie low for a while before he takes his revenge. Once the shooting for the film gets over, Tarzan goes to Premanand and Gowri's brother to take revenge for killing his father and when he returns it is shown that the audience has accepted Tarzan as the new Hero and Tarzan and Gowri are more than happy to openly accept their relation. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Gopi Sunder. The soundtrack album was released on 13 May 2012 at People
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The Adventures of Tarzan


Tarzan braves many perils, finally rescues Jane, defeats the villains and escapes La's amorous clutches. The success of the serial "The Son of Tarzan" inspired Great Western Producing Company to approach Tarzan's creator Edgar Rice Burroughs about making another Tarzan serial. However, the rights for another Tarzan film were still retained by the Weiss brothers' Numa Pictures Corporation, the makers of the feature film "The Revenge of Tarzan". When Numa discovered that Great Western had Elmo Lincoln, the first screen Tarzan, signed to play
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cinematic rendering of Burroughs' first Tarzan novel. The first portion of the film featured Gordon Griffith as the young Tarzan, so Griffith could technically be considered the first screen Tarzan. (Early in the film, Tarzan is also shown as a baby played by at least two different uncredited children.) Elmo Lincoln returned for two sequels. Additional silents were produced in the 1920s with other actors (three of these films – "The Romance of Tarzan" (1918, Elmo Lincoln), "The Revenge of Tarzan" (
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Kala (Tarzan)


goes on to rear the human baby as her own while protecting him against Kerchak and her own mate, Tublat. After Tarzan reaches adulthood, Kala is killed by a native African hunter, who is subsequently killed by Tarzan in revenge. Kala also appears in "Jungle Tales of Tarzan", the sixth book of the Tarzan series, which relates episodes from the ape man's youth omitted from "Tarzan of the Apes". Chapter 7, "The End of Bukawai," relates an episode in which Tarzan is almost
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action sequences while Gowri, Aadhityan and the whole crew appreciates Tarzan for his work. Gowri and Tarzan fall in love with each other. Premanand decides to destroy Tarzan who is a hindrance between him and Gowri. At that time Aadhityan announces his next project with same cast and crew. Premanand wants to remove Tarzan from the project, but Aadhityan in turn removes Premanand from the movie and make Tarzan the hero of the movie. This angers Premanand and he takes revenge by plotting to kill Tarzan, but ends up killing Tarzan's
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Tarzan in film and other non-print media


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 released in the same year and with the same title as the serial, and the second, "Tarzan and the Green Goddess" released in 1938. "Tarzan's Revenge", also released in 1938, starred Glenn Morris. With the exception of "The New Adventures of Tarzan", which was partially filmed
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in his mid-40s at the time, making him the oldest actor to debut as Tarzan to date. As he was balding, he wore a bad, unconvincing wig for the part. He was not popular as Tarzan and this was his final performance on screen. Karla Schramm was another Tarzan film veteran after Griffiths. With this serial she was reprising her role as Jane from "The Revenge of Tarzan". Production started 15 May 1920, with the intention of an autumn release. This timetable could not be kept to and
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this and the previous Tarzan film was because MGM had originally let the film rights elapse after "Tarzan Escapes." Independent producer Sol Lesser obtained the rights to make five Tarzan movies, but the first of these, "Tarzan's Revenge", proved to be a flop. The producers believed that audiences were unwilling to accept Glenn Morris in the role made famous by Johnny Weissmuller. (Lesser had been unable to obtain Weissmuller's services as he remained under contract at MGM.) MGM realized that Weissmuller had continuing attraction as
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in New York, Florida, and Balboa, California. Karla Schramm returned to portray Jane in "The Son of Tarzan" (opposite P. Dempsey Tabler as Tarzan), also released in 1920. She and Brenda Joyce are the only two actresses who have portrayed Jane opposite two different Tarzans. Gene Pollar, a former firefighter, made no other films, and returned to his old job after the film was completed. Outside the United States, the film is known by its working title, "The Return of Tarzan"
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. When Nevin discovers that Eleanor plans to remain behind with Tarzan, he attempts to kill him, but only grazes his shoulder with a round fired at close range. Tarzan attacks Nevin, but releases him at Eleanor's behest. As the Reeds' ship sails down the river, Tarzan and Eleanor go for a swim. Producer Sol Lesser originally considered casting baseball great Lou Gehrig as Tarzan, but was unimpressed with the musculature of Gehrig's legs. Lesser refused to call the lead female character Jane—according to him,
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Tarzan Triumphs


Tarzan Triumphs is a 1943 adventure film in which Tarzan fights the Nazis. Johnny Weissmuller had portrayed the popular Edgar Rice Burroughs character in six films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but this was his first with the producer Sol Lesser at RKO Pictures. Lesser had previously produced "Tarzan the Fearless" and "Tarzan's Revenge". Weissmuller was reunited with two of his three co-stars from several of the earlier films, Johnny Sheffield and Cheeta, but Maureen O'Sullivan was unable to reprise her role as Jane because the
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. Tarzan and Jane are traveling to Paris to help his old friend Countess de Coude, who is being threatened by her brother, Nikolas Rokoff. Rokoff has Tarzan tossed overboard. He survives, comes ashore in North Africa, and goes to Paris to search for Jane. In Paris, Tarzan reunites with his old friend Paul D'Arnot, who informs him that Jane was taken to Africa. Tarzan returns just in time to save Jane from a lion attack, and soon defeats Rokoff and his henchmen. The production filmed on location
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Tarzan


"civilization" is predicated on white masculinity. She closes with a chapter on 1912's "Tarzan of the Apes" because the story's protagonist is, according to her, the ultimate male by the standards of 1912 white America. Bederman does note that Tarzan, "an instinctivily chivalrous Anglo-Saxon", does not engage in sexual violence, renouncing his "masculine impulse to rape." However, she also notes that not only does Tarzan kill black man Kulonga in revenge for killing his ape mother (a stand
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Karla Schramm


Karla Schramm (February 1, 1891 – January 17, 1980), was an American film actress. A lifelong resident of Los Angeles, California, she was the second actress to play Jane Porter, mate of Tarzan, in motion pictures. She first appeared in the 1920 production "The Revenge of Tarzan" opposite Gene Pollar as Tarzan. Later that year she played the same role in the movie serial "The Son of Tarzan", this time opposite P. Dempsey Tabler as the Apeman. She and 1940s actress Brenda
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Tarzan's New York Adventure


up making a spectacular high dive off the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River. Tarzan locates the circus where Boy is being held and enlists the aid of the elephants who are chained to stakes. He calls to them with his "jungle speak" and they take their revenge on their tormentors by tearing free from the chains and destroying the circus. In the ensuing bedlam, Tarzan is able to rescue Boy. Before they return to Africa, the judge grants Tarzan and Jane full legal custody of their son. With the working
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and Kago wreck his tree house for revenge and with that, Zugor blames Tarzan for breaking his promise and runs away, refusing to help in which Terk and Tantor run to go and warn Kerchak. Kala arrives near Dark Mountain and also encounters trouble with Mama Gunda, Uto and Kago in which Tarzan finally realizes what he is supposed to be: a "Tarzan", with his own special tricks that no one else can do in the jungle, (which the answer is figured out by Zugor before he returns and becomes
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Harry Revier


lost. Confirmed extant is the serial "The Son of Tarzan" (1920) and the melodrama "What Price Love?" (1927) starring Jane Novak. Among the missing is the predecessor to "The Son of Tarzan", The Revenge of Tarzan (1920); "The Challenge of Chance" (1919) starring prizefighter Jess Willard; and at least one of his talkies, "Convict's Code" (1930). Some of his sound films are, to some extent, lost as well;
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Tublat


"The Legend of Tarzan", Tublat himself appears as a separate and distinct character, and is one of the main antagonists in the series along with La and Samuel T. Philander, voiced by Keith David. This version of Tublat is a violently aggressive, possibly even carnivorous, former member of the gorilla tribe. Having been cast out of the band many years before after losing a leadership challenge to Kerchak, he seeks revenge against Tarzan, Kerchak's successor. In the episode "Tarzan and the Enemy Within", Tublat
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Glenn Morris


He received the 1936 James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States, and he had a short stint as an NBC radio commentator. In November 1937, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the ten-minute short film "Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris," depicting how he trained for and won the decathlon event. Morris portrayed himself in the film, before becoming the fourth Olympic athlete to play Tarzan. He appeared in only one Tarzan film, "Tarzan's Revenge" (1938
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take Jack to see him. Tarzan was surprised to find the ape was his old friend, Akut, and began conversing with him. Jack was amazed to see that his father could do so. John then told Jack of his life as Tarzan. Jack started sneaking away to see Akut and began learning the language of the apes. Jack began to form a plan to take Akut back to the jungle. Paulvitch saw an opportunity for revenge, and agreed to help Jack. They escape to an African port where Paulvitch attacks
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Tarzan (book series)


Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) is away from his plantation home in British East Africa, it is destroyed by invading German troops from Tanganyika. On his return he discovers among many burned bodies one that appears to be the corpse of his wife, Jane Porter Clayton. Another fatality is the Waziri warrior Wasimbu, left crucified by the Germans. (Wasimbu's father Muviro, first mentioned in this story, goes on to play a prominent role in later Tarzan novels.) Maddened, the ape-man seeks revenge not only on
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Nkima, and Chief Muviro and his faithful Waziri warriors prevent Russian communists from looting the lost city of Opar. Backed by Chief Muviro and his faithful Waziri warriors, Tarzan faces Soviet agents seeking revenge and a lost tribe descended from early Christians practicing a bizarre and debased religious cult. After encountering and befriending Valthor, a warrior of the lost city of Athne (whom he rescues from a group of bandits known as "shiftas"), the City of Ivory and capital of the land of Thenar, Tarzan is captured by the
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Tarzan yell


The Tarzan yell or Tarzan's jungle call is the distinctive, ululating yell of the character Tarzan as portrayed by actor Johnny Weissmuller in the films based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs starting with "Tarzan the Ape Man" (1932). The yell was a creation of the movies based on what Burroughs described in his books as simply "the victory cry of the bull ape." Although the RKO Picture version of the Tarzan yell was putatively that of Weissmuller, different stories exist as to how the Tarzan yell
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Tarzan the Mighty


Tarzan the Mighty is a 1928 American action film serial directed by Jack Nelson and Ray Taylor. It was nominally based on the collection "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film is now considered to be lost. After the failure of "Tarzan and the Golden Lion", starring "Big Jim" Pierce, FBO did not make a sequel. Universal paid Burroughs an undisclosed sum to make a new Tarzan serial based on "Jungle Tales of Tarzan". This serial was later re-titled "
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Tarzan (2013 film)


That night, under the stars, Jane and Tarzan admit to their love. Jane and Tarzan discover that Dr. James Porter's base camp has been transformed into a virtual armed base by an army of mercenaries Clayton has brought. Jane realizes that her father will not stop unless he finds her, endangering Tarzan and the gorilla family's entire home. She decides to head back. Clayton sees Jane returning to the camp and notices the meteor Tarzan gave her. Tarzan watches the events unfold from a distance and shows up, when
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Tarzan of Manisa


), and started to take part in public life. He regularly visited the city, where he stayed at Dede Niyazi's "lokanta". In exchange, Carlak brought a jar of water from the mountain to the restaurant. Sometimes he worked as an auxiliary (firefighter or gardener) for the city administration. In 1933 he may have been hired on the monthly salary of 30 Turkish liras as an assistant gardener. In 1934, following the showing of the movie "The Revenge of Tarzan" at the cinemas of Manisa
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Tarzan the Untamed


burned bodies one that appears to be the corpse of his wife, Jane Porter Clayton. Another fatality is the Waziri warrior Wasimbu, left crucified by the Germans. (Wasimbu's father Muviro, first mentioned in this story, goes on to play a prominent role in later Tarzan novels.) Maddened, the ape-man seeks revenge not only on the perpetrators of the tragedy but all Germans, and sets out for the battle front of the war in east Africa. On the way he has a run-in with
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an opportunity for revenge, and agreed to help Jack. They escape to an African port where Paulvitch attacks Jack. Jack (probably now 12), like his father, was man-sized as a teen. Paulvitch is killed, and Jack, terrified, escapes into the jungle with Akut, thinking he will have to run for the rest of his life. Like Tarzan before him, Jack learns survival in the jungle and encounters the Mongani apes, who he can speak with because of his dialogue with Akut. The
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Louis Weiss (producer)


film was "The Revenge of Tarzan" (1920), followed the next year by "The Adventures of Tarzan". Like other smaller studios, the Weiss Brothers tried to compete with big-studio movies whenever possible. In 1926 Weiss signed former Hal Roach star Snub Pollard for a series of short comedies. These started as solo vehicles for Pollard, but soon devolved into imitations of the then-new comedy team of Laurel and Hardy, with Pollard in the sad-faced Laurel role and Marvin Loback as an approximation
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Muviro


they are crossing, stampeding a herd of rhinos after them, and starting a rock slide as they near the mountain. He is exposed by Tarzan after his third attempt, and fights Basuli, who defeats and banishes him from the tribe for his treachery. Muviro is last seen walking away into the mist with an angry face, implying he may return for revenge. In the 2016 movie "The Legend of Tarzan", Muviro, portrayed by Yule Masiteng, is chief of the Kuba, a tribe the young Jane Porter
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and the princess had already arrived to find a crystal very similar to the one in Alhazred's dimension. When Alhazred and his group were spotted, Tarzan and the princess took revenge on the ruler, and even the criminals suddenly turned on him. It was then that a battle was fought. While Tarzan battled the Arab, the princess tried to find a way to seize the crystal, but she was killed by a mad slave prisoner. While the battle went on against Alhazred, the Mad Arab finally had enough and quickly
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Tarzan Escapes


Tarzan Escapes is a 1936 Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the third in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Tarzan" series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the "King of the Apes". Previous films were "Tarzan the Ape Man" (1932) and "Tarzan and His Mate" (1934), with Jane's bikini-like attire and the famous skinny-dipping sequence. Weissmuller and O'Sullivan starred together in three more Tarzan films, "Tarzan Finds a Son!
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Eleanor Holm


Eleanor G. Holm (December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. She is best known for having been expelled from the 1936 Summer Olympics team after she was found severely intoxicated after attending a cocktail party on the transatlantic ship taking the team to Germany. She went on to have a high-profile celebrity career as a socialite and interior designer, and co-starred in a Hollywood Tarzan movie --- "Tarzan's Revenge". She appeared in that film with Glenn
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List of TV series based on Tarzan


This is a list of TV series based on "Tarzan". Tarzan originated in a series of novels, from which a large number of serial films were derived. Television later emerged as a primary vehicle bringing the character to the public. From the mid-1950s, all the extant sound Tarzan films became staples of Saturday morning television aimed at young and teenaged viewers. In 1958, movie Tarzan Gordon Scott filmed three episodes for a prospective television series. The program did not sell, but a number of later series were produced.
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Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke


Burroughs having written highly fictionalized and romanticized memoirs of Tarzan, which were based on Tarzan's own life stories and adventures. Farmer is then telling the "real story". Farmer examines the psychological make up of John Clayton (Tarzan's real name in the novels) and his peers, based on close readings of the various Burroughs books, accepting some of Burroughs' concepts and rejecting others in an attempt at greater verisimilitude. Among his conceits is that, since the apes described by Burroughs had a spoken language that Tarzan learned
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tell the story of the real characters the fictional characters are based upon. "A Feast Unknown" is somewhat infamous among Tarzan and Doc Savage fans for its graphic violence and sexual content. The first Tarzan films were silent pictures adapted from the original Tarzan novels, which appeared within a few years of the character's creation. The first actor to portray the adult Tarzan was Elmo Lincoln in 1918's film "Tarzan of the Apes". With the advent of talking pictures, a popular Tarzan movie franchise was developed, which
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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman


Tarzan and the Leopard Woman is a 1946 action film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and portrayed by Johnny Weissmuller. Directed by Kurt Neumann, film sees Tarzan encounter a tribe of leopard-worshippers. It was shot in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Its plot has nothing in common with the 1935 novel "Tarzan and the Leopard Men". Travelers near Zambezi are being killed, apparently by leopards. The commissioner (Dennis Hoey) asks Tarzan to look into the matter. Tarzan immediately
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Tarzan's Deadly Silence


Tarzan's Deadly Silence is a 1970 adventure film composed of an edited two-part television episode of "Tarzan" released as a feature. It stars Ron Ely as Tarzan. Former Tarzan actor Jock Mahoney and Woody Strode (a veteran of two previous Tarzan films) co-star. The film was produced by Sy Weintraub and Leon Benson, written by Lee Erwin, Jack H. Robinson, John Considine, and Tim Considine (based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs) and directed by Robert L. Friend. Tarzan
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La (Tarzan)


and his Waziri warriors thwart the Communist plot and again restore La to her position. Oah and Dooth both perish. La is featured in Tarzan comic books and comic strips in a role identical to her portrayal in Burrough's Tarzan books. La first appeared on screen in "The Adventures of Tarzan" (1921), an early black and white silent Tarzan film based on "The Return of Tarzan". She was portrayed by actress Lillian Worth, who played opposite Elmo Lincoln, the first screen Tarzan. In the serial
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Glenn Morris


Glenn Edgar Morris (June 18, 1912 – January 31, 1974) was a U.S. track and field athlete. He won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936, setting new world and Olympic records. He was also an occasional actor, he portrayed Tarzan in "Tarzan's Revenge". Born on his family's homestead farm near Simla, Colorado, Morris was the second of seven children. A natural athlete whose record in the hurdles stood for forty years at his high school, Morris entered Colorado Agricultural College
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Eleanor Reed (Eleanor Holm) accompanies her parents, Roger and Penny (George Barbier and Hedda Hopper), and Nevin Potter (George Meeker), her fiance, on an expedition to Africa to capture wild animals to sell to a zoo. Ben Alleu Bey (C. Henry Gordon) spots Eleanor and wishes her to become the one hundredth wife in his harem. When she refuses, he follows their safari. Both groups are followed closely by Tarzan, who releases the animals and woos Eleanor away from both Nevin and Bey
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pictures, a popular Tarzan movie franchise was developed, anchored originally by actor Johnny Weissmüller in the title role, which lasted from the 1930s through the 1960s. Tarzan films under Weissmüller often featured Tarzan's chimpanzee companion Cheeta. Later Tarzan films after Weissmüller have been occasional and somewhat idiosyncratic. The first Tarzan films were eight silent features and serials released between 1918 and 1929, most based on novels in the original series. Elmo Lincoln starred in the first Tarzan feature, "Tarzan of the Apes" (1918), a faithful
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at other living creatures in their vicinity. Tarzan is raised in the tribe of Kerchak, based in the coastal jungle of equatorial Africa, as shown in "Tarzan of the Apes" and "Jungle Tales of Tarzan". As an adult he comes to lead this tribe; later, he becomes accepted in other tribes of "Mangani", such as the tribe of Molak in "The Beasts of Tarzan". Tarzan continued to associate occasionally with his original tribe until cast out in "Tarzan and the Golden Lion"
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States, Tarzan leaves the jungle in search of her, his one true love. In "The Return of Tarzan", Tarzan and Jane marry. In later books he lives with her for a time in England. They have one son, Jack, who takes the ape name Korak ("the Killer"). Tarzan is contemptuous of what he sees as the hypocrisy of civilization, and he and Jane return to Africa, making their home on an extensive estate that becomes a base for Tarzan's later adventures.
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Tarzan Finds a Son!


Tarzan Finds a Son! is a 1939 Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the fourth in the MGM "Tarzan" series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the "King of the Apes" and the fourth of six films in which he stars with Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane; following this pairing was "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" (1941) and "Tarzan's New York Adventure" (1942). A plane flying to Cape Town, carrying a young couple and their baby, crashes
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". In those sketches, Tarzan is portrayed by Kevin Nealon. A 1921 Broadway production of "Tarzan of The Apes" starred Ronald Adair as Tarzan and Ethel Dwyer as Jane Porter. In 1976, Richard O'Brien wrote a musical entitled "T. Zee", loosely based on Tarzan but restyled in a rock idiom. "Tarzan", a musical stage adaptation of the 1999 animated feature, opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway on May 10, 2006. The show, a Disney Theatrical production, was directed and
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1981 featured a Tarzan sketch in which Johnny Carson and Betty White portray Tarzan and Jane as a bickering married couple. In an episode of "The Fairly OddParents", a spoof of Tarzan appears as "Lord of the Drapes", and "Lord of the Shapes", instead of Lord of the Apes. The Japanese "Jungle no Ouja Ta-chan" (King of the Jungle Ta-chan) series, originally a manga by Tokuhiro Masaya, was based loosely on Tarzan. It featured the characters of Tarzan
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure


Tarzan's Secret Treasure is a 1941 Tarzan film directed by Richard Thorpe. Based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it is the fifth in the MGM "Tarzan" series to star Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Original prints of the film were processed in sepiatone. The next film in the series would be "Tarzan's New York Adventure" (1942), the last in the series to feature Maureen O'Sullivan, and the last before the series moved to RKO. An expedition team arrives on Tarzan's escarpment
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. Also, manga "god" Osamu Tezuka created a Tarzan manga in 1948 entitled "Tarzan no Himitsu Kichi" ("Tarzan's Secret Base"). Jerry Siegel named Tarzan and another Burroughs character, John Carter, as early inspiration for his creation of Superman. Tarzan's popularity inspired numerous imitators in pulp magazines. A number of these, like Kwa and Ka-Zar were direct or loosely veiled copies; others, like Polaris of the Snows, were similar characters in different settings, or with different gimmicks.
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The Adventures of Tarzan


The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) is a 15 chapter movie serial which features the third and final appearance of Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan. The serial was produced by Louis Weiss, written by Robert F. Hill and Lillian Valentine (partially based on the novels "The Return of Tarzan" and "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" by Edgar Rice Burroughs), and directed by Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney. The first chapter was released on December 1, 1921. Tarzan rescues Jane from Arab slave-traders after they
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Tarzan and the Mermaids


Tarzan and the Mermaids is a 1948 adventure film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by Robert Florey, it was the last of twelve Tarzan films to star Johnny Weissmuller in the title role. It was also the first Tarzan film since 1939 not to feature the character Boy, adopted son of Tarzan and Jane. (Boy was described in the film as being away at school, and the character never returned to the series.) The setting is a coastal African village where swimming and diving are
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Disney's Tarzan: Return to the Jungle


Disney's Tarzan: Return to the Jungle is an action platformer video game developed by Digital Eclipse Software and released by Activision for Game Boy Advance in 2002. The game is based on the 2001-2003 animated series "The Legend of Tarzan". In this game, Tarzan and Terk are lost, and they have to go back to protect the jungle from Queen La. The game is an action-platformer that bears similarities to the previous Tarzan game for the Game Boy Color. Tarzan begins the game as a child,
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Kala (Tarzan)


Kala is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original Tarzan novel, "Tarzan of the Apes", and in movies and other media based on it. She is the adoptive mother of Tarzan. In the novel, Kala is a female in a band of "Mangani", a fictional species of Great Ape intermediate between real life chimpanzees and gorillas. She saves the infant Tarzan from the murderous fury of Kerchak, the mad leader of the ape band, after the latter kills Tarzan's human father. Kala
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Tarzan and the Golden Lion (film)


Tarzan and the Golden Lion is a 1927 American Tarzan film directed by J. P. McGowan based on the 1923 novel of the same name written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It stars James Pierce as Tarzan, Frederick Peters as Esteban Miranda, Dorothy Dunbar as Jane, and Edna Murphy as Betty Greystoke. It also stars Boris Karloff as Owaza, a tribesman. The film was distributed by the Film Booking Offices of America. "Tarzan and the Golden Lion" was Pierce's only on-screen appearance as Tarzan. The next year
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Opar (fictional city)


Tarzan", and "Tarzan the Tiger" (1929), based on "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar", as well as the film "Tarzan and the Lost City" (1998). Opar also appeared, in the guise of a generic African village, in "Tarzan and the Lost Safari" (1957), in which the Oparians were led by the male chief Chief Ogonooro (played by Orlando Martins) rather than the female queen/priestess La. In the pre-title opening sequence for "
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Zombie Hunters: City of the Dead


right about these "survivalists " and if they aren't careful, zombies will be the least of their concerns. "Revenge" (original airdate: 15 Jan. 2009) Billy Cassidy and Paul Michael Bates vow to get revenge on the militia group after the weapons deal does wrong. In their haste, Bates and Cassidy leave their wounded friend Joey with nurse Carrie Walker and Dr Rebecca Kaufman. "Things Fall Apart" (original airdate: 3 Sep. 2009) The group realizes that the Zombie infection may not be an infection
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The Legend of Tarzan (TV series)


The Legend of Tarzan is an American animated television series created by Walt Disney Television, based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and also based on "Tarzan" by Walt Disney Pictures same name. The series picks up where the 1999 feature film left off, with the title character adjusting to his new role as leader of the apes following Kerchak's death, and Jane (whom he has since married) adjusting to life in the jungle. Rounding out the cast are Jane's father, Professor Archimedes Q. Porter
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Mangani


Australopithecus" in his pseudo-biography of Tarzan, "Tarzan Alive". Walt Disney Pictures' 1999 animated feature film "Tarzan", its sequels, and the television series "The Legend of Tarzan" based on it, portray the apes who raised Tarzan as gorillas, though in the books gorillas, called "Bolgani" by the "Mangani", are explicitly stated to be a separate species. It has also been suggested that the "Mangani" be retroactively identified with the recently discovered Bili ape, a type
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Tarzan of the Apes


, both starring Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan, based on the first and second parts of the novel, respectively. The next and most famous adaptation was "Tarzan the Ape Man" (1932), starring Johnny Weissmuller, who went on to star in 11 other Tarzan films. Lincoln was replaced by Weissmuller (as actor); similarly Clayton was replaced by Harry Holt (the character in the films). It was remade twice, as "Tarzan, the Ape Man" (1959), featuring Denny Miller, and
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The Adventures of Tarzan


the lead, they agreed to a deal in which Great Western would produce the film while Numa would handle distribution. The story was based partially on two of the Tarzan novels, "The Return of Tarzan" and "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar", with the addition of some new material. The desert scenes were filmed in Arizona. This serial marked Elmo Lincoln's return to the part of Tarzan, whom he was the first to play, but it was also Lincoln's last time as the character. The
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Mangani


result the name "Tarzan" is used nowhere in the film, except in the title. Walt Disney Pictures' 1999 animated feature film "Tarzan", its sequels, and the television series "The Legend of Tarzan" based on it, portray the apes who raised Tarzan as gorillas. The only use of the term "Mangani" in the television series is as the proper name of an individual white ape who glows and possesses mystical powers. The 2016 live-action film "The Legend of Tarzan" featured the
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La (Tarzan)


"Tarzan the Tiger" (1929), based on "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar", La was played by Mademoiselle Kithnou, and Tarzan by Frank Merrill. La appears in three episodes of the short-lived television series "" (1996-97), played by Angela Harry. La is also a recurring antagonist in Disney's "The Legend of Tarzan" animated television series, voiced by veteran actress Diahann Carroll. Here, Opar is occupied by humanoid leopards created by La's magical staff to serve
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Tarzan the Tiger


Tarzan the Tiger (1929) is a Universal movie serial based on the novel "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It stars Frank Merrill as Tarzan, Natalie Kingston as Jane, and Al Ferguson. It was written by Ian McClosky Heath and directed by Henry MacRae. It was considered lost at one time but a copy has since been found. Today the serial is available on DVD and, in the public domain, available for download on the internet. Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) returns to
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Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (novel)


characters are dropped aside from an occasional token appearance. The novel also continues the trend, first seen in "The Return of Tarzan" and established definitively in "Tarzan the Untamed", of taking Tarzan to a new lost civilization or tribe in almost every book. The book has been adapted into comic form by Gold Key Comics in "Tarzan" nos. 176-177, dated August–September 1969, with a script by Gaylord DuBois. Part of the art was based on lay-outs by Russ Manning.
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The Son of Tarzan (film)


The Son of Tarzan is a 1920 15-chapter American film serial which focuses on the coming of age of Jack Clayton, also known as Korak, the son of Tarzan and Jane. The serial was produced by David P. Howells, written by Roy Somerville (based on the 1915 novel "The Son of Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs), and directed by Arthur J. Flaven and Harry Revier. The film was released starting in the summer of 1920, with the final chapter released in January 1921. Tarzan and Jane have left
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Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film)


Tarzan of the Apes is a 1918 American action/adventure silent film directed by Scott Sidney starring Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, George B. French and Gordon Griffith. It was the first Tarzan film ever made and is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' original novel "Tarzan of the Apes". The film adapts only the first part of the novel, the remainder becoming the basis for the sequel, "The Romance of Tarzan". The film is considered the most faithful to the novel of all the film adaptations. Its
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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure


Tarzan's Greatest Adventure is a 1959 Eastmancolor adventure film directed by John Guillermin, produced by Sy Weintraub and Harvey Hayutin, and written by Les Crutchfield, based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. With a strong supporting cast that included Anthony Quayle and Sean Connery, and a focus on action and suspense, the film won critical praise as a Tarzan film that appealed to adults as well as children. The film features a literate Tarzan portrayed by Gordon Scott. The character of Jane, Tarzan's wife, does not
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Disney's Tarzan (video game)


Disney's Tarzan (also known as Tarzan Action Game) is an action platformer video game developed by Eurocom and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation in 1999 based on the Disney animated film "Tarzan". Konami published the game for its Japanese release. It was also released for PC systems in 1999 and for the Nintendo 64 in 2000. A variant of the game for the Game Boy Color was developed by Digital Eclipse and released in 1999. The player takes control of the eponymous Tarzan, an orphan child who
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Tarzan and His Mate


Tarzan and His Mate is a 1934 American pre-Code action adventure film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by Cedric Gibbons, it was the second in the Tarzan film series and starred Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. In 2003, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. Tarzan and Jane live in the jungle, along with their chimpanzee Cheeta. Harry Holt and his business partner Martin Arlington
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Tarzan and the Lost City


Tarzan and the Lost City is a 1998 American action-adventure film directed by Carl Schenkel and starring Casper Van Dien, Jane March and Steven Waddington. The screenplay by Bayard Johnson and J. Anderson Black is loosely based on the Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. One of the film's producers, Stanley S. Canter, had previously produced another Tarzan film for Warner Bros., "" (1984). In 1913, on the night before Jane Porter's wedding to John Clayton (also known as Tarzan), her bridegroom
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Tarzan in film and other non-print media


Richard O'Brien wrote a musical entitled "T. Zee", loosely based on the idea of Tarzan but restyled in a rock idiom. "Tarzan", a musical stage adaptation of the 1999 animated feature, opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway on May 10, 2006. The show, a Disney Theatrical production, was directed and designed by Bob Crowley. The show played its final performance July 8, 2007. Tarzan was played by Josh Strickland. Jane was played by Jenn Gambatese. Terk, Tarzan's best friend
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes


Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 adventure film directed by Hugh Hudson based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel "Tarzan of the Apes" (1912). Christopher Lambert stars as Tarzan (though the name Tarzan is never used in the film's dialogue) and Andie MacDowell as Jane; the cast also includes Ralph Richardson (in his final role), Ian Holm, James Fox, Cheryl Campbell, and Ian Charleson. The film received a mixed-to-positive critical reception upon
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The Romance of Tarzan


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 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
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Signal Transfer Point


A Signal Transfer Point (STP) is a router that relays SS7 messages between "signaling end-points" (SEPs) and other signaling transfer points (STPs). Typical SEPs include "service switching points" (SSPs) and "service control points" (SCPs). The STP is connected to adjacent SEPs and STPs via signaling links. Based on the address fields of the SS7 messages, the STP routes the messages to the appropriate outgoing signaling link. Edge STPs can also route based upon message body content using
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Tarzan (book series)


of Tarzan" as it chronicles a time after Tarzan returned to Africa from Paris, but before he married Jane. Following "The Lost Adventure" the Burroughs estate authorized Philip Jose Farmer to write an official Tarzan novel, released in 1999 as "The Dark Heart of Time". Best known for his Riverworld series, Philip Jose Farmer has also written a number of Tarzan-based pastiche works. He also authored "" (1972/2006), and two authorized Opar novels set thousands of years in the past: "Hadon
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The New Adventures of Tarzan


other Tarzan-related products, organizations and franchises. Burroughs agreed, as he believed would receive a much larger amount of money than in his previous contracts with (MGM, which had made several million with their two Tarzan films despite only paying Burroughs about $75,000). Dearholt quickly outlined a story, which he called "Tarzan and the Green Goddess", based on which Charles F. Royal and Edwin Blum then wrote the screen treatment, renaming it "Tarzan in Guatemala". as Guatemala had been chosen by Dearholt as
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Tarzan: The Lost Adventure


Tarzan: The Lost Adventure is a novel by American writer Joe R. Lansdale, based on an incomplete fragment of a Tarzan novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs which had been left unfinished at his death. The book was serialized in four parts by Dark Horse Comics, before being published as a single volume in 1995. In Burroughs' last Tarzan story, left unfinished at the time of his death, the ape man plays guardian to an expedition seeking the lost city of Ur. In addition to Tarzan himself, his animal companions
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Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)


Tarzan the Ape Man is a 1932 pre-Code American action adventure film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan and starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith and Maureen O'Sullivan. It was Weissmuller's first of 12 "Tarzan" films. O'Sullivan played Jane in six features between 1932 and 1942. The film is loosely based on Burroughs' novel "Tarzan of the Apes" from approximately two decades earlier, with the dialogue written by Ivor Novello. The film was
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Tarzan and Jane (TV series)


Tarzan and Jane (or Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and Jane) is an American–Canadian computer-animated web series, produced by Arad Animation, 41 Entertainment and Arc Productions and is based on the 1912 novel "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The first season streamed on Netflix on January 6, 2017. The second season streamed on October 12, 2018. Saved from a plane crash and given supernatural powers, a teenaged Tarzan joins forces with a brave city girl called Jane Porter to protect his
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Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle


is based upon the work of Burrough's favorite Tarzan artist, Burne Hogarth. In the series, Tarzan is depicted as intelligent and well-spoken – not the simple-minded ("Tarzan... Jane") caricature of many films. His sidekick is N'kima the monkey, as in the novels ("Cheeta" the chimpanzee was the creation of movie producers). It even uses much of Burroughs' Mangani language (though some of the words used, particularly for animals not encountered in the novels, do not appear
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Tublat


Tublat is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original Tarzan novel, "Tarzan of the Apes" and one of its sequels, "Jungle Tales of Tarzan", as well as animated films, television series and other media based on them. In the novel "Tarzan of the Apes" Tublat (whose name means "Broken Nose") is a member of a tribal band of Mangani, a fictional species of great apes intermediate between chimpanzees and gorillas. In the beginning of the original novel, Tublat's
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Opar (fictional city)


not actually show the lost city. Opar has also appeared in some of the television series based on the Tarzan books. Most notably it appeared in the Disney TV adaptation, with La still ruling. However, the city's populace are humanoid leopards called the Leopard Men, who act as La's soldiers and servants. The Leopard Men are distantly based on the Leopard Society, a historical West African cult that Edgar Rice Burroughs had fictionalized in the non-Opar Tarzan novel "Tarzan and the Leopard Men" (1935)
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Tarzan (musical)


Tarzan is a musical based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios 1999 film of the same name. The songs are written by Phil Collins with a book by David Henry Hwang. The musical mostly follows the plot of the Disney film: Tarzan is raised by gorillas, meets Jane, a young English naturalist, and falls in love. Jane's entourage plans to kill the gorillas, and Tarzan's loyalties are tested. The original Broadway production opened in 2006, directed and designed by Bob Crowley with choreography by Meryl Tankard. The
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Tarzan in film and other non-print media


games based on Disney's animated film "Tarzan" were released for the PlayStation, Windows, and Game Boy Color. The PlayStation and Windows version was later ported to the Nintendo 64 in 2000. Other games focusing on Disney's version of Tarzan include "Tarzan Untamed" (2001) for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube and "" (2002) for the Game Boy Advance. Characters from the animated film have also appeared in "Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure" and "Kingdom Hearts". In the first "Rayman
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United States hydrogen policy


programs. Each states energy office gets SEP funding and manages all SEP funded projects. For more information about the SEP, including project descriptions, visit the SEP website. Clean Ports USA is an incentive-based program designed to help reduce emissions by encouraging port authorities to redesign and replace older diesel engines with new technologies and cleaner fuels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Clean Diesel Campaign offers funding to port authorities to help them overcome the obstacles that prevent the adoption of cleaner diesel technologies. Clean Construction USA promotes the reduction
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Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle


Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle is a 1994 video game for the Game Boy and Game Gear video game systems. The player controls Tarzan (based on the famous character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs for his novel "Tarzan of the Apes") in six different missions set in Africa. These include curing the Great Ape's disease and saving his friends from the evil poachers. These poachers want to capture the wildlife and place them in their zoos. Weapons that can be utilized include: spears, knives, and arrows.
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Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959 film)


Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1959 Technicolor action adventure film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Denny Miller as Tarzan, Joanna Barnes as Jane, Cesare Danova, and Robert Douglas. The film is loosely based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel "Tarzan of the Apes", and is a remake of the classic 1932 film of the same name. The film was directed by Joseph M. Newman, and the score was composed by jazz musician Shorty Rogers. MGM would release another "remake" of the film in
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Tarzan and the Jungle Boy


Tarzan and the Jungle Boy is a 1968 adventure film starring Mike Henry in his third and final appearance as Tarzan. Rafer Johnson and Aliza Gur co-star. The film was produced by Sy Weintraub and Robert Day, written by Stephen Lord (based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs) and directed by Robert Gordon. It was released in May 1968. At home in Africa, Tarzan (Mike Henry) assists a photojournalist named Myrna (Aliza Gur) and her associate Ken (Ron Gans) in their search
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Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981 film)


Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1981 adventure film directed by John Derek and starring Bo Derek, Miles O'Keeffe, Richard Harris, and John Phillip Law. The screenplay by Tom Rowe and Gary Goddard is loosely based on the novel "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, but from the point of view of Jane Parker. It is the final of three filmed versions of the story released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The original music score is composed by Perry Botkin Jr. Former Tarzan actor Jock Mahoney,
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P. Dempsey Tabler


Perce Dempsey Tabler (November 23, 1876 – June 7, 1956) was a Tennessee-born opera singer, athlete, businessman and actor, remembered for being the third actor to portray Tarzan in films. His sole outing in the role came in the 1920 movie serial "The Son of Tarzan", based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name, which focused on Korak, the son of Tarzan and Jane. Following "The Son of Tarzan", Tabler made only one more film, 1923's
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Tarzan


. Dark Horse Comics has published various "Tarzan" series from 1996 to the present, including reprints of works from previous publishers like Gold Key and DC, and joint projects with other publishers featuring crossovers with other characters. There have also been a number of different comic book projects from other publishers over the years, in addition to various minor appearances of Tarzan in other comic books. The Japanese manga series "Jungle no Ouja Ta-chan" (Jungle King Tar-chan) by Tokuhiro Masaya was based loosely on Tarzan
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes


its release, with many praising the film as a welcome return of Tarzan to the silver screen after 1981's "Tarzan, the Ape Man" starring Bo Derek. "Greystoke" went on to receive three Academy Award nominations at the 57th Academy Awards ceremony for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Richardson, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and Best Makeup. It became the first ever Tarzan feature film to be nominated for an Academy Award; the later Disney animated feature film adaptation became the first
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Tarzan (2003 TV series)


Tarzan is an American television series that premiered on The WB on October 5, 2003, and ended on November 23, 2003. Based on the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and developed by Eric Kripke, the show was set in New York City and depicted modern-day adaptations of Burroughs' characters. In December 2003, the series was canceled after eight episodes. NYPD detective Jane Porter's ordinary life is disrupted when a routine case unexpectedly leads her to John Clayton, who prefers to be called Tarzan. After being
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Tarzan in Manhattan


Tarzan in Manhattan is a 1989 action adventure CBS television film. Joe Lara portrays Tarzan, and Kim Crosby appears as Jane Porter. Tony Curtis and Jan-Michael Vincent co-star. The telefilm was produced by Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller and Gina Scheerer, written by Anna Sandor and William Gough (based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs), and directed by Michael Schultz. It aired on April 15, 1989. Tarzan leaves Africa and goes to present-day New York City to seek vengeance for
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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