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Hollywood remembers the other Tarzans. A history of Hollywood Tarzans featuring profiles of the many actors who played the role, from the silent era to the most recent movie versions.
Direction
Phillip Dye packs decades into tight 28 minutes.
Production
Rare footage spanning silent era to '90s.
Director
Phillip Dye
Lex Barker
Tarzan (archive footage)
Bruce Bennett
Tarzan (archive footage)
Buster Crabbe
Tarzan (archive footage)
Ron Ely
Tarzan (archive footage)
Mike Henry
Tarzan (archive footage)
Elmo Lincoln
Tarzan (archive footage)
Jock Mahoney
Tarzan (archive footage)
Frank Merrill
Tarzan (archive footage)
Denny Miller
Tarzan (archive footage)
Gordon Scott
Tarzan (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elmo Lincoln, the first screen Tarzan in 1918, died broke and obscure—Hollywood chewed him up.
This 1996 doc arrived just before Disney's animated Tarzan reshaped the character for millennials, making it a time capsule of pre-renaissance jungle king nostalgia.
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