New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-04-20
TARTAN OF THE
APES" HERE SUNDAY

'Tarzan of the Apes made such
sensation when first, published that
it was translated into twelve differ
ent languages, making it a world
classic of jungle lore. and it is es
timated that 100000 people have
sat up most of the night to complete
Tho reading Of this remarkable book.
'Tarzan of the Apes with its var
icus startling episodes and colopful
word pictures by Edgar Rice Bur-
roughs. really created one of those
''sensations' which producers SO often
claim as resulting from their offer
ings but which seldom occur at all.
And in its unusualness, it's plot is
widely different in conception from
anything except Kipling's Jungle
Books" Tarzan is Of more than
average interest," of the customary
feature. AS is generally known, the
story of ''Tarzan'' deals with a white
baby stolen from it's parents by a
band of apes and brought up in the
jungle with only these hairy animals
as companions until he becomes 9
man. The realism of the Jungle
scenes in which the animals partake
and tho jungle stuff by the way
which include lazes of tangled un-
derbrush, trees shooting off parallel
to the earth and the varieties Of
II OPTICAL vegetation is remarkable to
the point Of being amazing.
AS for Tarzan himself, Elmo Lin
coin. who portrays him as a man is
of wonderful physique, and the man
ner III which he swings through the
jungle on the timber vines and leaps
nimbly from tree to tree is the per
sonitication Of animal man. It is
Tarzan'S adventures that are Of chief
interest. His first realization that he
IS other than an ape comes when
he glances in the pool with one of
the animals and notes the contrast
His discovery of the hut Of his par
onts,"~ how he uses the knife on the
encmy Of his foster-mother, the gor-
lila his fight with and subsequent
killing of the lion with nothing but
q knife, his raid on the cannibals.
always the enemies of the apes, his
fight with the giant baboon, the
tigers attack on his prey. and the
proving, sl1ulking Ieopards, the
huge boa constructor winding his way
through the denseness of the Jungle;
these and other episodes of Tarzan's
youth are brought out with a fascin-
alton that is quite irresistible. Grown
to manhood his life is spent fight
ing the blacks. his battle with the
canniba1 chief being an epic of the
forest, and for thrills SURPRISING any
thing yet shown on the screen. The
huge black and the terrible white
toss each other around like marbles
until finally Tarzan secures Il
stranele hold on the savage which
marks his end as a cannibal raider.
When Tarzan was shown at the
Broadway theater, police reserves
were called out to regulate the traf-
fic around Times Square, twenty-five
detectives were detailed to look out
for pickpockets in the crowds and
extra box offices were constructed to
acc ommodate the throngs waiting tn
SEQ this spectacle.
Theatergoers are urged to see this
sensation early as seats will surely
be at a premium during the engage
ment which starts Sunday evening
and will be continued Monday and
Tuesday. There will be two perfor-
r1ances Sunday evening, one at seven
O'Clock and the other at nine.