A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Louise Lorraine and Elmo Lincoln. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Elmo Lincoln [Tarzan], Louise Lorraine [Jane Porter], Percy Pembroke (Scott Pembroke) [Clayton], Frank Whitson [Nikolas Rokoff], George Monberg (Zip Monberg) [Lieutenant Gernot], Lillian Worth [Queen La of Opar], Charles Gay [Sheik Ben Ali], Charles Inslee [Professor Porter; and Hagar], Maceo Bruce Sheffield [the Waziri chief], Bert Wheeler [the governor], Frank Merrill [an Arab raider; and Lincoln’s stunt double], George B. French, Gordon Griffith, Thomas Jefferson, Kathleen Kirkham, Fifi R. Lachoy, Joe Martin the chimpanzee [Ara, the chimp], Regent the leopard

Great Western Producing Company production for Numa Pictures Corporation; distributed on State Rights basis by Adventures of Tarzan Serial Sales Corporation. / Produced by Louis Weiss. Scenario by Robert F. Hill and Lilian Valentine, from the novel The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Production supervision by Gertrude Greenberg. Animal trainer, Charles Gay. Cinematography by Jerome Ash and Joseph Mayer. Editorial supervision by George M. Merrick. Film editor, C.V. Henkel Jr. (Charles Henkel Jr.). Titles (intertitles written) by Bert Ennis. Presented by Weiss Brothers’ Numa Pictures Corproation. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “Jungle Romance,” released 1 December 1921, © 7 June 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16867] (three reels); [2] “City of Gold,” released 8 December 1921, © 7 June 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16868]; [3] “The Sun Death,” released 15 December 1921, © 7 June 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16869]; [4] “Stalking Death,” released 22 December 1921, © 7 June 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16870]; [5] “Flames of Hate,” released 29 December 1921, © 7 June 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16871]; [6] “The Ivory Tomb,” released 5 January 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16990]; [7] “The Jungle Trap,” released 12 January 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16991]; [8] “The Tornado,” released 19 January 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16992]; [9] “Fangs of the Lion,” released 26 January 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16993]; [10] “The Simoon,” released 2 February 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16994]; [11] “The Hidden Foe,” released 9 February 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16995]; [12] “Dynamite Trail,” released 16 February 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16996]; [13] “The Jungle’s Prey,” released 23 February 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16997]; [14] [?] “The Flaming Arrow” or “Flaming Arrows”? released 2 March 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16998]; [15] “The Last Adventure,” released 9 March 1922, © 25 August 1921 by Great Western Producing Company [LP16999] / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Lincoln’s last Tarzan role. The serial was edited to 10 chapters and rereleased with synchronized music and sound effects in 1928 by Weiss Brothers-Artclass Pictures Corporation. The serial was also edited for release in the USA as a feature film. The serial was released in France by Société Générale des Cinématographes Éclipse in 1922. The serial was rereleased in the USA on State Rights basis by Adventures of Tarzan Serial Sales Corporation in 1928.

Drama: Adventure.

Survival status: The original serial version is presumed lost : Prints exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive (of the feature film and the Artclass 1928 rerelease versions only) [16mm reduction positive, 35mm preservation negative, 35mm preservation positive]; in the Library of Congress film archive; in the George Eastman Museum film archive; in the Academy Film Archive film archive; and in the film holdings of Kit Parker Films.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Monkeys - Characters: Tarzan - Serials

Listing updated: 12 January 2024.

References: Edmonds-BigU p. 130; Lahue-Continued pp. 97, 217, 283; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 147; Lee-Not pp. 117, 120-121; Limbacher-Feature pp. 3, 287; LoC-MoPic-2 pp. 6-7; Stedman-Serials p. 56 : Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF : with additional information provided by Kit Parker and Robert Youhouse.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.