The Tarzan Vault Collection - DVD

Edgar Rice Burroughs' hero has thrilled movie audiences since the days of the silent screen. Tarzan first swung from the trees in Tarzan of the Apes (1918) with the brawny Elmo Lincoln in the title role. With various Louisiana locations serving as a jungle backdrop, director Scott Sidney told the traditional tale of how the orphaned heir to the Greystoke fortune became lord of the jungle. Billed in the old adverts as The most startling and unforgettable story ever written, the plot involves a search for the missing Greystoke led by Dr. Porter (Thomas Jefferson), which finds Tarzan in the middle of a brutal vendetta. It appears Tarzan is out to avenge the killing of Kala, the ape who raised him. Soon everyone learns it is not wise to make Tarzan angry. Tarzan of the Apes also stars Enid Markey as Porter's beautiful daughter, Jane, the woman Tarzan loves. As the early promos promised, You NEVER Will See Another Production Like It! This includes the bonus feature, The Adventures of Tarzan (1928). Both features are newly restored.

When authorities ask Tarzan what he'll need to pursue a crime kingpin and his commandos through the wilds of Mexico, the Ape-Man requests only a good knife, a sturdy rope and some soft leather to fashion into a loincloth. "Casual but practical," he explains to the astonished officials. It's a new day for fans and for the jungle lord when ex-NFL linebacker Mike Henry grabs the vine for the first of his three portrayals of a Tarzan who ha

Trappers intrude into the Ape-Man's domain, poaching for profit and capturing Cheta and Boy. Other interlopers seek to plunder the riches of the lost city of Zarbo, and if that means ensnaring Tarzan in a net -- so be it! Yet no one can ensnare the loin-clothed jungle hero long . Edgar Rice Burroughs' vine-swinging Lord of the Apes (Gordon Scott) is mightily busy in Tarzan and the Trappers and for good reason: the film is an edited vers