Category:Tarzan (film subject)

Tarzan (Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1910), novel

Year	Film title	Director	Tarzan	Jane	Child	Notes
1918	Tarzan of the Apes	Scott Sidney	Elmo Lincoln	Enid Markey	Gordon Griffith (young Tarzan)	Based on the first part of the novel Tarzan of the Apes
1918	The Romance of Tarzan	Wilfred Lucas	Elmo Lincoln	Enid Markey	Gordon Griffith (young Tarzan)	LOST - Based on the second part of the novel Tarzan of the Apes
1920	The Son of Tarzan	Harry Revier Arthur J. Flaven	Kamuela C. Searle (Korak, Tarzan's son)	Manilla Martan (Meriem)	Gordon Griffith (young Korak) Mae Giraci (young Meriem)	Based on the novel The Son of Tarzan - Serial in 15 episodes.
1920	The Revenge of Tarzan	Harry Revier George M. Merrick	Gene Pollar	Karla Schramm	---	Based on the first part of the novel The Return of Tarzan
1921	The Adventures of Tarzan	Robert F. Hill Scott Sidney	Elmo Lincoln	Louise Lorraine	Gordon Griffith (young Tarzan)	Based on the second part of the novel The Return of Tarzan
1927	Tarzan and the Golden Lion	J. P. McGowan	James Pierce	Dorothy Dunbar	---	Based on the novel Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1932	Tarzan the Ape Man	Johnny Weissmuller	Irving Thalberg	W. S. Van Dyke	1932	WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller	First MGM film
1934	Tarzan and His Mate	Johnny Weissmuller	Bernard H. Hyman	Cedric Gibbons		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller
1936	Tarzan Escapes	Johnny Weissmuller	Bernard H. Hyman Philip Goldstone Jack Cummings	Richard Thorpe		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller
1939	Tarzan Finds a Son!	Johnny Weissmuller	Sam Zimbalist	Richard Thorpe		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller	Johnny Sheffield debuts as "Boy"
1941	Tarzan's Secret Treasure	Johnny Weissmuller	B.P. Fineman	Richard Thorpe		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller
1942	Tarzan's New York Adventure	Johnny Weissmuller	Frederick Stephani	Richard Thorpe		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller	sixth and final appearance of Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane Last MGM film
1943	Tarzan Triumphs	Johnny Weissmuller	Sol Lesser	Wilhelm Thiele		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller: Volume Two	franchise moves from MGM to RKO under producer Sol Lesser. Jane does not appear in this or the next film.
1943	Tarzan’s Desert Mystery	Johnny Weissmuller	Sol Lesser	Wilhelm Thiele		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller: Volume Two
1945	Tarzan and the Amazons	Johnny Weissmuller	Sol Lesser	Kurt Neumann		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller: Volume Two	Jane returns to the series, now played by Brenda Joyce.
1946	Tarzan and the Leopard Woman	Johnny Weissmuller	Sol Lesser	Kurt Neumann		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller: Volume Two
1947	Tarzan and the Huntress	Johnny Weissmuller	Sol Lesser	Kurt Neumann		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller: Volume Two	eighth and last appearance of Johnny Sheffield as "Boy"
1948	Tarzan and the Mermaids	Johnny Weissmuller	Sol Lesser	Robert Florey		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller: Volume Two	Last film to star Weissmuller partially filmed in Mexico
1949	Tarzan's Magic Fountain	Lex Barker	Sol Lesser	Lee Sholem		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Lex Barker	first film to star Lex Barker. Fifth and final appearance of Brenda Joyce as Jane.
1950	Tarzan and the Slave Girl	Lex Barker	Sol Lesser	Lee Sholem		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Lex Barker
1951	Tarzan's Peril	Lex Barker	Sol Lesser	Byron Haskin		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Lex Barker	partially filmed in Kenya
1952	Tarzan's Savage Fury	Lex Barker	Sol Lesser	Cy Endfield		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Lex Barker
1953	Tarzan and the She-Devil	Lex Barker	Sol Lesser	Kurt Neumann		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Lex Barker	Final film to star Lex Barker
1955	Tarzan's Hidden Jungle	Gordon Scott	Sol Lesser	Harold D. Schuster		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Gordon Scott	First film to star Gordon Scott Final RKO Picture produced film. Final Black-and-white film originally produced for theaters.
1957	Tarzan and the Lost Safari	Gordon Scott	Sol Lesser John Croydon	H. Bruce Humberstone		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Gordon Scott	first Tarzan film in color
1958	Tarzan and the Trappers	Gordon Scott	Sol Lesser	Charles F. Haas Sandy Howard		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Gordon Scott	A black and white pilot film, re-edited from three unaired TV episodes and issued to theaters. The re-edited version was finally aired on TV in 1966.
1958	Tarzan's Fight for Life	Gordon Scott	Sol Lesser	H. Bruce Humberstone		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Gordon Scott	in color, as would be all subsequent Tarzan films; last Tarzan film produced by Sol Lesser the last in the franchise to follow the Weissmuller formula of a pidgin-speaking Tarzan living in a treehouse with Jane. Final appearance of the Jane character in the mainstream Tarzan film franchise until 1981.
1959	Tarzan's Greatest Adventure	Gordon Scott	Sy Weintraub Harvey Hayutin	John Guillermin		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Gordon Scott	first of the Sy Weintraub productions, revamping the character as an educated lone adventurer
1960	Tarzan the Magnificent	Gordon Scott	Sy Weintraub Harvey Hayutin	Robert Day		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Gordon Scott	Not based on the Burroughs novel of the same name Last film to star Gordon Scott
1962	Tarzan Goes to India	Jock Mahoney	Sy Weintraub	John Guillermin		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Jock Mahoney & Mike Henry	First film to star Jock Mahoney
1963	Tarzan's Three Challenges	Jock Mahoney	Sy Weintraub	Robert Day		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Jock Mahoney & Mike Henry	Last film to star Jock Mahoney
1966	Tarzan and the Valley of Gold	Mike Henry	Sy Weintraub	Robert Day		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Jock Mahoney & Mike Henry	First film to star Mike Henry
1967	Tarzan and the Great River	Mike Henry	Sy Weintraub Steve Shagan	Robert Day		WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Jock Mahoney & Mike Henry
1968	Tarzan and the Jungle Boy	Mike Henry	Sy Weintraub Robert Day	Robert Gordon	WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Jock Mahoney & Mike Henry	Last film to place Tarzan in the present day
1981	Tarzan the Ape Man	Miles O'Keeffe	Bo Derek	John Derek		First and only film to star Miles O'Keeffe First appearance of Jane since Tarzan's Fight for Life in 1958 and last time her surname is "Parker" instead of "Porter" Last appearance of Cheeta First film to treat Tarzan as a 1910s period piece, which becomes the norm afterwards
1984	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Christopher Lambert	Hugh Hudson Stanley S. Canter	Hugh Hudson			First and only film to star Christopher Lambert
1998	Tarzan and the Lost City	Casper Van Dien	Stanley S. Canter Dieter Geissler Michael Lake	Carl Schenkel		First and only film to star Casper Van Dien
2016	The Legend of Tarzan	Alexander Skarsgård	Jerry Weintraub David Barron Alan Riche Tony Ludwig	David Yates		First and only film to star Alexander Skarsgård