John and Alice Clayton, Lord and Lady Greystoke (True Boardman and Kathleen Kirkham), are passengers on the Fuwalda, a ship bound for Africa. When the vessel is taken over by mutineers the sailor Binns (George B. French) saves them from being murdered, but they are marooned on the tropical coast. After their deaths their infant son is adopted by Kala, an ape, who raises him as her own. The young Tarzan (Gordon Griffith) grows to maturity among the apes, becoming their king. Binns, returning to find the Claytons after ten years’ captivity among the Arabs, discovers the ape man and travels to England to report his survival to his family. An expedition led by scientist Professor Porter (Thomas Jefferson) is launched to investigate. Meanwhile, Kala has been killed by a native, who is killed in turn by the now-adult Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln). The villagers kidnap Porter's daughter Jane (Enid Markey); Tarzan rescues and romances her, and she comes to accept his love.
First National Pictures era:Tarzan of the Apes • The Romance of Tarzan Warner Bros. era: • • Soundtracks: Television series:1966 TV series • 2003 TV series • The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour • Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (Filmation) Home video:Video
Characters
Tarzan • Jane Porter • Tarzan's parents • Lord Charles Esker • The 6th Earl of Greystoke • Capitaine Philippe d'Arnot • Jeffson Brown • Major Jack Downing • Sir Hugh Belcher • Captain Billings • Willy • Buller • Sir Evelyn Blount • The Rev. Stimson • Nigel Ravens • Mugambe • Captain Dooley • Wilkes • Schiller • Kaya • George Washington Williams • Captain Léon Romand his men • Chief Mbonga • Major Kerckhover • Muviro • Mr. Frum • Gorillas
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