Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film)

Tarzan of the Apes is a 1918 American actionadventure silent film directed by Scott Sidney starring Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, George B. French and Gordon Griffith. It was the first Tarzan movie ever made and is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs original novel Tarzan of the Apes. The movie 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.citation needed Its most notable plot change is the introduction of the character Binns and his role in bringing the Porters to Africa the novel brought them there through the improbable coincidence of a second mutiny.

Tarzan of the Apes was filmed in 1917 in Morgan City, Louisiana, utilizing Louisiana swamps as a standin for the African jungle.Like many American films of the time, Tarzan of the Apes was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, the captain shooting man and his falling, two scenes of men with captain being shot and falling, striking man on head, Reel 3, scene of boy being frightened by lion and jumping up showing his sex, woman standing over kettle showing breasts, Reel 5, first two scenes of maid on mans lap in closet, three choking scenes, Reel 7, two closeups of Negro leering at woman and four scenes where he carries her off. ........

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