Tarzan of the Apes (1918)

Tarzan of the Apes is a 1918 American action/adventure silent film directed by Scott Sidney starring Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, George B. French and Gordon Griffith. The movie was the first Tarzan movie ever made, and is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' original novel Tarzan of the Apes. The movie adapts only the first part of the novel, the remainder becoming the basis for the sequel, The Romance of Tarzan. The film is considered the most faithful to the novel of all the film adaptations. Its most notable plot change being the introduction of the character Binns and his role in bringing the Porters to Africa; the novel brought them there through the improbable coincidence of a second mutiny.

Cast
Elmo Lincoln - Tarzan
Enid Markey - Jane Porter
True Boardman - John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
Kathleen Kirkham - Alice Clayton, Lady Greystoke
George B. French - Binns, a sailor
Gordon Griffith - Tarzan, younger
Colin Kenny - William Cecil Clayton
Thomas Jefferson - Professor Porter
Bessie Toner - Bar Maid
Jack Wilson - Captain of the Fuwalda
Louis Morrison - Innkeeper
Eugene Pallette -
Fred L. Wilson -