When Jane is abducted by Arab slave traders, Tarzan comes to her rescue, only to see her kidnapped again by Queen La of Opar. To save Jane, Tarzan must battle both the queen's minions and William Clayton, who seeks Tarzan's family title.


Picture 1928: flappers jitterbug to gramophones while Wall Street holds its breath, yet inside a tin-roofed Chicago studio Robert F. Hill is busy unleashing Africa that never was—papier-mâché escarpments, stock-footage lions, double exposures of crocodiles grinning like Broadway ushers. Adventures of Tarzan lands on ...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Robert F. Hill

Aubrey M. Kennedy
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" Picture 1928: flappers jitterbug to gramophones while Wall Street holds its breath, yet inside a tin-roofed Chicago studio Robert F. Hill is busy unleashing Africa that never was—papier-mâché escarpments, stock-footage lions, double exposures of crocodiles grinning like Broadway ushers. Adventures of Tarzan lands on nickelodeon marquees as fifteen episodic thunderbolts, each ending with a cliffhanger sharp enough to slit tomorrow’s homework hour. Kids trade scene-still postcards; critics scoff..."
Bert Ennis, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert F. Hill, Lillian Valentine
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