THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN 1935 BACKGROUND Most prior screen incarnations of Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary jungle hero were not even close to Burroughs' character. The Tarzan of the books grew up in the jungle, yes, but returned to England and was educated at Oxford before returning again to his jungle home. He was nobility even, the son of Lord and Lady Greystoke, and inherited his father's title. He was an intelligent, literate, culturally-aware man. Yet the cinematic version of Tarzan, up to that time, was an illiterate animal-like hermit whose first contact with civilization was his soon-to-be-girlfriend Jane. Burroughs was incensed at this portrayal, and that motivated him to produce his own Tarzan production more in line with his original vision of the character, namely a serial entitled The New Adventures of Tarzan. PLOT: Major Martling and Ula Vale lead separate expeditions to the jungles of Guatemala in search of the fabled Green Goddess, worshiped by the inhabitants of a lost city which is supposedly to be found deep in the jungle. It is said to house a fortune in jewels and also a formula for a super-explosive. But others are also pursing the Goddess. Meanwhile, Tarzan is also in the area looking for his old friend, d'Arnot, whose plane has gone down near where the lost city is said to be… CREDITS: PRODUCTION Producers: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ashton Dearholt, George W. Stout Production Company: Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises Inc SCRIPT Script: Edwin Blum, Ben S. Cohen, Basil Dickey, Charles F. Royal DIRECTION Director: Edward A. Kull PHOTOGRAPHY Directors of Photography: Edward A. Kull, Ernest F. Smith EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION Editors: Harold Minter, Thomas Neff, Edward Schroeder, W.A. Thompson MUSIC Stock Music Director: Abe Meyer SOUND Sound Recordists: Earl Crain Sr, Lyle E. Willey and Associates SPECIAL EFFECTS Special Effects: Ray Mercer DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Art Director: Charles Clague LOCATIONS Chichicastenango, Guatemala; Lake Atitlan, Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala; Volcano Agua, Guatemala CAST: Herman Brix (real name: Bruce Bennett) [Tarzan] Ula Holt [Ula Vale] Frank Baker [Major Francis Martling] Dale Walsh [Alice Martling] Harry Ernest [Gordon Hamilton] Don Castello (real name: Ashton Dearholt) [P.B. Raglan] Lewis Sargent [George] Merrill McCormick [Bouchart] RUNNING TIME: 70 MIN Overseas items (eg to USA) are sent by ROYAL MAIL AIRMAIL. ROYAL MAIL do not do tracking for airmail items unless you pay considerably more for insurance for the privilege – as anything posted overseas (eg, to the USA) is not under their control. This is usually prohibitively expensive, but if you would like your item insured please contact me first. Items are usually sent the day after you pay, or perhaps the same day depending on the time difference, and delivery normally takes about two weeks (10 days usually, but sometimes longer). During busy periods (Christmas especially) it can take around three weeks. This applies to postage to USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, and to a limited extent, also to Europe. PLEASE NOTE I AM A UK SELLER POSTAGE TAKES LONGER (a couple of weeks, not a couple of days).