198 Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
198 Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
- Young men from the New Orleans Athletic Club played the ape parts.
- In one scene a lion is supposed to crawl through the window of
Tarzan's cabin to devour Jane. Tarzan grabs him and pulls him out.
In fact the old and drugged lion turned on 'Elmo Lincoln' (qv) who stabbed
and killed him. ``I stepped on him to beat my chest. As my foot
pressed down on him, the remaining air in his lungs escaped with a
loud whoosh. I was alredy shaken and you should have seen me jump!''
The lion wound up as a lobby display when the picture opened on Broadway.
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