The Return of Tarzan
by Edgar Rice Burroughsliterary work· published 1915
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The Return of Tarzan is Edgar Rice Burroughs' second novel in the series starring the man raised by apes, and the story picks up where Tarzan of the Apes left off. Tarzan finds himself back in the coastal jungle of his upbringing after being thrown off a ship by his deadly enemies.
Adaptations (2)
The Return of Tarzan has been adapted into 2 films, from 1920 to 1921. The most recent is The Adventures of Tarzan (1921).
The Revenge of Tarzan1920 · film · 90 min · dir. Harry Revier, George M. Merrick · IMDb ↗IMDb4.9Tarzan and Jane are traveling to Paris to help his old friend Countess de Coude, who is being threatened by her brother, Nikolas Rokoff. Rokoff has Tarzan tossed overboard. He survives, comes ashore in North Africa, and goes to Paris to search for Jane. In Paris, Tarzan reunites with his old friend Paul D'Arnot, who informs him that Jane was taken to Africa. Tarzan returns just in time to save Jane from a lion attack, and soon defeats Rokoff and his henchmen.
The Adventures of Tarzan1921 · film · 73 min · dir. Robert F. Hill, Scott Sidney · IMDb ↗IMDb5.6Tarzan spurns the love of La, Queen of Opar. When he isn't trying to keep the Bolshevik Rokoff and Clayton (pretender to the Greystoke estate) from reaching Opar, he is attacked simultaneously by two lions, dropped into a pit when a volcano splits the ground, nearly sacrificed by sun worshipers, and so on.
