The scene of Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln) fighting and killing the lion was a real one. The lion became annoyed at having its tail pulled and attacked Lincoln, who was forced to fight for his life and managed to kill the animal after stabbing it several times. The scene was left in the film.
CHAPTER TITLES: 1. Jungle Romance; 2. City of Gold; 3. Sun Death; 4. The Stalking Death; 5. Flames of Hate; 6. Fangs of the Lion; 7. The Jungle Trap; 8. The Tornado; 9. The Ivory Trap; 10. The Simoon; 11. The Hidden Arrows; 12. The Dynamite Trail; 13. The Jungle's Prey; 14. Flaming Arrows; 15. The Last Adventure.
This serial is not lost. Some parts of it are missing. Reduction positive prints (16mm) of the feature film and the Artclass 1928 re-release versions exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive, in the Library of Congress film archive, in the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House film archive and in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences film archive. It has been released in a ten-chapter restored version.
A jungle fire sequence filmed at the Great Western Studio nearly burned down the studio buildings.
Numa Pictures claimed that more time had been given to the production of this film than any serial yet produced.