New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-04-19
= News For 7hedter80ery and Women Readers
"TARZAN OF THE
APES" HERE SUNDAY

An event of the greatest import
! ance In theater history in New Brit
ain is the coming of "Tarzan of the
| Apes, to Fox's theater for the three
| days commencing Sunday. Tarzan,
the mightiest man the world has ever
known, has become the most talked
of character in f1lmdom. Powerful
beyond the imagination of anyone, he
Stays the most ferocious beasts with
his bare fists and rules the jungle,
where he has always lived, but the
force of his mighty blows. The story
of ''Tarzan Of the Apes is without
doubt the most tensely interesting ad-
venture story ever conceived. It is
! estimated by the publishers that fully
800, 900 people have sat up most Of
the night to complete the reading Of
the book. The story opens in Eng
land and shows Lord Greystoke and
his wife preparing to leave for an
ocean voyage on government bust
ness. While at sea the crew Of the
boat mutiny and a battle of consid
cradle magnitude takes place between
tho entire crew and officers of the
boat. The crew is victorious and put
Lord Greystoke and his wife ashore
on a part of Africa unknown to civ
ilization.
To protect themselves from the wild
beasts that prowl through the jungle
Lord Greystoke built a hut with tre-
mendous doors to withstand the at
lacks Of dangerous monsters. On
one occasion Lord Greystoke was
outside cutting wood. Lady Alice
was inside. From the fringe of the
woods slow moving giant gorilla
emerged. Primeval mockery Of man,
upright it stood, poised an Instant
then with its terrible cry leaped
straight at it's victim. The noise at
tracted Lady AIice's attention--rush-
ing out she saw her husband In the
grasp Of the fierce brute. A rife shot
rang out on the still jungle air, the
crack of the shot was followed by
a terrible scream and the monster
lay dead. Soon hundreds of giant
apes and other inhabitants of the
Jungle began to gather. brought to
the spot by the death scream of the
dead gorilla. That night 'Tarzan Of
the apes was born and Lady Alice,
her strength gone from the exciting
life she had lived in the jungle,
passed to the great beyond.
From this point one is taken to the
very heart of the jungle and Kala,
d mammoth slle-ape. is seen grooming
over e. new born ape who is dying in
her arms. The sorrow of the mother
ape is indeed impressive. Her an
guish is so great she gathers others
Of her tribe and joins the beasts in
front Of the cabin where Lord Grey,
stoke fondles the babe born under
such unusual circumstances. kala
holds consultation with other apes
and soon the result of their confab
is seen as they rush to. the cabin,
force an entrance and steal the child
from its fathers arms The child is
destined to become Tarzan, ruler of
all the apes and finally master of the
jungle. The boyish exploits of the
youthful Tarzan are both amusing
and thrilling for he battles, outwits
and escapes from many a dangerous
predicam ent.
AS Tarzan the man theater-goers
have the big sensation though. 1t is
hard to imagine a man Of such great
strength that he tackles a huge lion
and throttles him in a stand-up fight.
There are cannibal raids which are
startling in their realism, the huge
blacks INDUCING in native dance
before starting on IAelr rald. a light
that for thrills surpasses anything yet
seen is the h1 10 to the death be-
tween Tarzan and a giant cannibal.
These two mammoth men toss each
other about almost like toys until
finally Tarzan secures a strangle
hold which sounds the death knell !
Of the monster cannibal.
Theatergoers from this section OF
!, +ato n ri EN0y'S
early for this big engagement as !
seats surely will be at a premium. |
Some of the biggest scenes are Tar
zan's fight with the lion, Tarzan's raid |
on the Cannibals, his combat with /,
giant babboon, the fight between the
gorilla and ape, the elephant raid on
the natives, hundreds of apes at play |
in the jungle's depths and the tigers I
attack on his prey. "Tarzan of the
Apes is in eight reels and, as the
New York Times says, IF 1t was
eighteen reels theatergoers would
enjoy every bit of it. Two showings
of Tarzan are scheduled for Sunday
night the last one starting about 9
O'Clock, the first at 7 o'clock.