Plot

Reared by a childless ape, the orphaned heir of the Greystokes becomes one of the apes. Then Dr Porter organises a rescue expedition, and his beautiful daughter Jane catches his attention. Has Tarzan of the Apes found the perfect mate?

John and Alice Clayton set sail for Africa. Mutineers maroon them. After his parents die, the newborn Tarzan is taken by a great Ape, Kala. Later the boy finds his father's knife and uses it to become King of Apes. Binns, the sailor who saved the Claytons and who has been held by Arab slavers for 10 years, finds the young Tarzan and heads for England to notify his kin. A scientist arrives to check out Binns' story. Tarzan, now a man, kills the native who killed Kala; when their chief is killed, the Black villagers appease Tarzan with gifts and prayers. The scientist's daughter Jane is carried off by a native, rescued by Tarzan (who has burnt the native village), aggressively loved by him ("Tarzan is a man, and men do not force the love of women"), and at last accepts him with open arms.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

To ferret out the mastermind behind the slave trade in troubled 1897 South Africa, Lord and Lady Greystoke travel to the Dark Continent, only to find themselves marooned on a tropical haven after a violent mutiny. There, in the impenetrable jungle, the compassionate childless ape, Kala, adopts the helpless infant Greystoke after the death of his parents, and before he knows it, he becomes one of the apes. Now, after so many years, the news of the living Greystoke reaches England, and Professor Porter organises a rescue expedition. However, the scientist's beautiful daughter Jane has already caught the attention of the now-grown-up Lord of the Jungle. Has Tarzan of the Apes found the perfect mate?—Nick Riganas