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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 12, 2023 21:16:16 GMT
Who was the first actor to play Tarzan on film? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Griffith (July 4, 1907 – October 12, 1958)  He played the title role in Tarzan of the Apes (1918)   He would grow up into Elmo Lincoln |
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 15, 2023 18:48:50 GMT
Interesting trivia. From IMDb: Who was the first screen Tarzan? The standard answer is Elmo Lincoln star of the first Tarzan movie (1918). But the first third of that movie shows Tarzan as a boy, frolicking in the nude with real chimps (unlike the grown-up Lincoln who cavorted clothed with athletes wearing monkey suits). The earliest movie Tarzan was actually Gordon Griffith, a child star who began his career four years earlier in five Charles Chaplin one-reelers. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 16, 2023 16:59:45 GMT
I suppose the reason it is not looked at that way is because it is a child. One might feel Tarzan is not really Tarzan until he is an adult.
Like saying Bruce Wayne as a child is Batman.
Well, technically no--not until he can wear a costume and make a bat signal.
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