Tarzan the Tiger

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Tarzan the Tiger
Title card for each chapter of the serial
Directed by	Henry MacRae
Written by	Ian McClosky Heath (screenplay) Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar)
Starring	Frank Merrill as Tarzan Natalie Kingston as Jane Al Ferguson Kithnou Sheldon Lewis
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	October 1929-February 1930
Running time	15 chapters (266 min)
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Tarzan the Mighty (1928)
Followed by	Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
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Tarzan the Tiger (1929) is a Universal movie serial based on the novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It stars Frank Merrill as Tarzan, Natalie Kingston as Jane, and Al Ferguson. It was written by Ian McClosky Heath and directed by Henry MacRae.

It was considered lost at one time but a copy has since been found. Today the serial is available on DVD and, in the public domain, available for download on the internet.

1 Cast
2 Plot
3 Chapter titles
4 Production Notes
5 References
6 External links
- 6.1 Download or view online

[edit] Cast

Frank Merrill as "The Lord of the Manor—known to London as the Earl of Greystoke—and to the Jungle as Tarzan, the Tiger!"
Natalie Kingston as "Lady Jane, his wife, who has left the gaiety of London Society to share his life on the Jungle plantation"
Al Ferguson as "Albert Werper, Soldier of Fortune—a guest at Greystoke Manor in the guise of a friendly Scientist"
Kithnou as "The High Priestess of the Sun Worshipers—La, who has sworn that she will have no other mate than Tarzan"
Sheldon Lewis as "Achmet Zek, a Nomad Chief, against whose traffic in slaves Tarzan has waged relentless war"

Quoted text from the opening credits for each character.

Opening credit for Frank Merrill

[edit] Plot

Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) returns to Africa, with Lady Jane and friend Albert Werper, in order to return to Opar. He needs the treasure of Opar in order to secure his estates in England. Werper, however, is actually interested in the gold himself. He is in league with Arab slave trader Achmet Zek who wishes revenge on Tarzan and Lady Jane for himself.

[edit] Chapter titles

Frank Merrill as Tarzan

Call of the Jungle
The Road To Opar
The Altar of the Flaming God
The Vengeance of La
Condemned To Death
Tantor the Terror
The Dealy Peril
Loop of Death
Flight of Werper
Prisoner of the Apes
The Jaws of Death
The Jewels of Opar
A Human Sacrifice
Tarzan's Rage
Tarzan's Triumph

[edit] Production Notes

Kithnou as Queen La of Opar

Tarzan the Tiger was a transitional film with one version released as a silent and the other with a partial soundtrack. The soundtrack only covered music and sound effects, but does include the first Tarzan yell (although it does not sound like the now traditional call that was first used in the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movie Tarzan the Ape Man.
This serial contains a scene of Jane swimming nude, in a similar manner to the later, and more famous, Tarzan movie Tarzan and His Mate.
A sequel, based on the novel Tarzan the Terrible was planned, but Frank Merrill was deemed to not have the right kind of voice for a "Talkie" and it was scrapped.

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Preceded by The Ace of Scotland Yard (1929)	Universal Serial Tarzan the Tiger (1929)	Succeeded by The Jade Box (1930)

v • d • e Universal serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery • The Master Key • The Trey o' Hearts • The Black Box • The Broken Coin • Graft • Under the Crescent • The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring • Liberty • The Mystery Ship • The Red Ace • The Gray Ghost • The Voice on the Wire • The Brass Bullet • Bull's Eye • The Lion's Claws • Lure of the Circus • The Red Glove • The Great Radium Mystery • The Lion Man • The Midnight Man • The Flaming Disc • The Moon Riders • King of the Circus • The Vanishing Dagger • The Dragon's Net • The Diamond Queen • Do or Die • The Secret Four • Terror Trail • The White Horseman • Winners of the West • The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe • In the Days of Buffalo Bill • Perils of the Yukon • The Radio King • With Stanley in Africa • Around the World in Eighteen Days • Beasts of Paradise • The Eagle's Talons • The Ghost City • In the Days of Daniel Boone • The Oregon Trail • The Phantom Fortune • The Social Buccaneer • The Steel Trail • The Fast Express • The Fighting Ranger • The Iron Man • The Riddle Rider • Wolves of the North • Ace of Spades • The Great Circus Mystery • The Scarlet Streak • Fighting with Buffalo Bill • Strings of Steel • The Winking Idol • Blake of Scotland Yard • The Fire Fighters • The Return of the Riddle Rider • The Trail of the Tiger • Whispering Smith Rides • Haunted Island • Tarzan the Mighty • The Vanishing Rider • The Diamond Master • A Final Reckoning • The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard • Tarzan the Tiger • The Jade Box • The Lightning Express • Terry of the Times • The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints • Heroes of the Flames • Danger Island • Battling with Buffalo Bill • The Spell of the Circus • Detective Lloyd • The Airmail Mystery • Heroes of the West • The Jungle Mystery • The Lost Special • Clancy of the Mounted • The Phantom of the Air • Gordon of Ghost City • The Perils of Pauline • Pirate Treasure • The Vanishing Shadow • The Red Rider • Tailspin Tommy • Rustlers of Red Dog • The Call of the Savage • The Roaring West • Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery • The Adventures of Frank Merriwell • Flash Gordon • The Phantom Rider • Ace Drummond • Jungle Jim • Secret Agent X-9 • Wild West Days • Radio Patrol • Tim Tyler's Luck • Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars • Flaming Frontiers • Red Barry • Scouts to the Rescue • Buck Rogers • The Oregon Trail • The Phantom Creeps • The Green Hornet • Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe • Winners of the West • Junior G-Men • The Green Hornet Strikes Again • Sky Raiders • Riders of Death Valley • Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy • Gang Busters • Junior G-Men of the Air • Overland Mail • The Adventures of Smilin' Jack • Don Winslow of the Coast Guard • Adventures of the Flying Cadets • The Great Alaskan Mystery • Raiders of Ghost City • Mystery of the River Boat • Jungle Queen • The Master Key • Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again • The Scarlet Horseman • Lost City of the Jungle • The Mysterious Mr. M

Actors and Actresses	Buster Crabbe • Priscilla Lawson • Béla Lugosi • Frank Merrill • Charles B. Middleton • Jean Rogers • Frank Shannon

Production crew	Ford Beebe • Lewis D. Collins • Robert F. Hill • Lew Landers • Henry MacRae • J. P. McGowan • George H. Plympton • Clifford Smith • Ray Taylor

See also	Film serials • List of film serials • List of film serials by studio

v • d • e Tarzan movies

Silent films	Tarzan of the Apes (1918) • The Romance of Tarzan (1918) • The Revenge of Tarzan (1920) • The Son of Tarzan (1920) • The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) • Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) • Tarzan the Mighty (1928) • Tarzan the Tiger (1929)

Early MGM-RKO series films (Johnny Weissmuller)	Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) • Tarzan and His Mate (1934) • Tarzan Escapes (1936) • Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) • Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) • Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) • Tarzan Triumphs (1943) • Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) • Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) • Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) • Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) • Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)

Later RKO series films and independent films	Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) • Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) • Tarzan's Peril (1951) • Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) • Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) • Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) • Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) • Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) • Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) • Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) • Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) • Tarzan Goes to India (1962) • Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) • Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) • Tarzan and the Great River (1967) • Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968) • Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)

Competing films	Tarzan the Fearless (1933) • The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) (in both film serial and feature film formats) • Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938) • Tarzan’s Revenge (1938) • Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)

Later films	Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) • Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) • Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) • Tarzan of the Apes (1999) • Tarzan (1999) • Tarzan & Jane (2002) • Tarzan II (2005)

Tarzan the Tiger

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[edit] Cast

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[edit] Production Notes

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[edit] Download or view online

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