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Kamuela C. Searle.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Son of Tarzan
Also known as O Herói das Selvas in Brazil; Tarzan fia in Hungary : [Jungle Trail of the Son of Tarzan]
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by Harry Revier and Arthur J. Flaven
Cast: Kamuela C. Searle [Korak, son of Tarzan], P. Dempsey Tabler [Lord Greystoke, also known as Tarzan], Manilla Martan [Meriem], Karla Schramm [Lady Greystoke, also known as Jane], Gordon Griffith [Jack Clayton (Korak), son of Tarzan, as a boy], Mae Giraci [Meriem, as a girl], Eugene Burr [Ivan Paulovich], Frank Morrell [Sheik Amor Ben Khatour], Ray Thompson [Malbihn], Charles G. Clarke [an Arab slave trader], Saville De Sacia, Frank Earle, Kathleen May, Lucille Rubey
National Film Corporation of America, Incorporated, production; distributed on State Rights basis by National Film Corporation of America, Incorporated. / Executive producer, David P. Howells. Produced by Harry M. Rubey. Scenario by Roy Somerville, from the novel The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Casting by Jean Temple. Cinematography by Charles G. Clarke, with additional cinematography by Lee Humiston and James C. Hutchinson. Film editor, Harry Revier. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “Call of the Jungle,” released [?] May? 1920 (three reels); [2] “Out of the Lion’s Jaws”; [3] “The Girl of the Jungle”; [4] “The Sheik’s Revenge”; [5] “The Pirate’s Prey”; [6] “The Killer’s Mate”; [7] “The Quest of the Killer”; [8] “Coming of Tarzan”; [9] “The Kiss of the Beast”; [10] “Tarzan Takes the Trail”; [11] “Ashes of Love”; [12] “Meriem’s Ride in the Night”; [13] “Double Crossed”; [14] “Blazing Hearts”; [15] “An Amazing Denouement”. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Searle was injured by an elephant during production, but did not die from the injuries as is commonly reported; Searle died of cancer in 1924. Cheetah the chimp was portrayed by a dwarf in a chimp suit. Exterior shooting took place circa June 1920 on a three-acre jungle set built adjacent to the National Film Corporation studio in Hollywood, California. The earliest documented screening of the serial that is known took place in late October 1920 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
Drama: Adventure.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Characters: Tarzan - Serials
Listing updated: 27 April 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 88, 211-212, 288; Lee-Not pp. 118-119; Stedman-Serials p. 56 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq : with additional information provided by Bob Fontenrose.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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