In addition, Porter is the narrator-protagonist in Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan by Robin Maxwell, a 2011 novel authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. She is between 18 and 20 years old in the novel. Jane is described in Tarzan of the Apes as a beautiful, young woman, with long, blonde hair. Jane also appeared in a minor role in the non-Tarzan novel The Eternal Lover (1925), the events of which take place chronologically between The Return of Tarzan and The Beasts of Tarzan. Jane first appeared in the initial Tarzan novel Tarzan of the Apes (1912) then later reappeared in: She develops over the course of the series from a conventional damsel in distress, who must be rescued from various perils, to an educated, competent and capable adventuress in her own right, fully capable of defending herself and surviving on her own in the jungles of Africa. She becomes the love interest and later the wife of Tarzan, and subsequently the mother of their son Korak. Jane, an American from Baltimore, Maryland, is the daughter of professor Archimedes Q. Jane Porter (later Jane Clayton, Lady Greystoke) is a fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly film. A trip one direction takes mere minutes, but in the other direction it requires many hours.Īnd few will be surprised, but many will be saddened, at the roles played by blacks in this film.Įlmo Lincoln looks more like Bernarr MacFadden than like Herman Brix or like Christopher Lambert, and certainly doesn't move with the agility that Burroughs imputed to his feral hero.Early depiction by J. Would-be rescuers aren't intelligent enough to run in the direction of cries for help. An alleged scientist keeps inexplicably silent when he notices that a skull is that of an infant ape rather than that of H. Villains handicapped by injury or by the weight of a woman take too long to be run-down. On the other hand, like many films from silent era, this film sustains itself by having characters act randomly, rather than from realistic motive. Its production values are quite high for the time in which it was made it's easy to find films about ten years younger that are far less well-made. This film is definitely of historical interest to many sorts of people - Tarzan fans, those interested in adventure films, &c.

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