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.

Merill, who was the National Gymnastics champion from 1916 to 1918, came up with the vineswinging technique. Merrill actually swung on a vine a rope with Kingston in one arm. The footage was later studied by MGM for Tarzan the Ape Man 1932 and the subsequent series of Tarzan films with Johnny Weissmuller.Production began onApril and finished onOctober 1928 The serial was originally intended to bechapters long but it was so successful that it was extended tochapters in length. Tarzan the Mighty was successful enough for a sequel, Tarzan the Tiger, to be put into production with many of the cast returning in slightly different roles in some cases. ........

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