The Romance of Tarzan (1918 film)
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The Romance of Tarzan is a 1918 American silent adventure film featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero Tarzan in one of his earliest screen appearances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Romance of Tarzan (1918 film) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9283506 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Romance of Tarzan (1918 film) Context triple: [Tarzan films, includesFilm, The Romance of Tarzan (1918 film)]
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Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film)
Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film) is a silent adventure movie that marks the first feature-length screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan.
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Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film) is a classic pre-Code adventure movie that introduced Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and helped establish the character’s enduring cinematic legacy.
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The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan is a 2016 action-adventure film that reimagines Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic jungle hero as he returns to the Congo to confront a deadly conspiracy.
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D.
Tarzan the Ape Man
Tarzan the Ape Man is a 1932 adventure film that introduced Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in his iconic role as Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero Tarzan.
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Tarzan's New York Adventure
Tarzan's New York Adventure is a 1942 jungle-adventure film in the long-running Tarzan series, featuring Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan traveling to New York City to rescue his kidnapped son.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Romance of Tarzan (1918 film) Target entity description: The Romance of Tarzan is a 1918 American silent adventure film featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero Tarzan in one of his earliest screen appearances.
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A.
Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film)
Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film) is a silent adventure movie that marks the first feature-length screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan.
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B.
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film) is a classic pre-Code adventure movie that introduced Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and helped establish the character’s enduring cinematic legacy.
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C.
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan is a 2016 action-adventure film that reimagines Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic jungle hero as he returns to the Congo to confront a deadly conspiracy.
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D.
Tarzan the Ape Man
Tarzan the Ape Man is a 1932 adventure film that introduced Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in his iconic role as Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero Tarzan.
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E.
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Tarzan's New York Adventure is a 1942 jungle-adventure film in the long-running Tarzan series, featuring Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan traveling to New York City to rescue his kidnapped son.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent adventure film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs
ⓘ
linked to:
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories
|
| character | Tarzan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Wilfred Lucas ⓘ |
| distributor | National Film Corporation of America ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| features |
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero Tarzan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tarzan
|
| filmSeries | Tarzan films ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre | adventure film ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Romance of Tarzan ⓘ |
| language | Silent film ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the earliest screen appearances of Tarzan ⓘ |
| partOf | early Tarzan film adaptations ⓘ |
| portrays |
adventures of Tarzan
ⓘ
linked to:
The Adventures of Tarzan
|
| precededBy | Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film) ⓘ |
| producer | William Parsons ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| setting | jungle ⓘ |
| starring |
Elmo Lincoln
ⓘ
Enid Markey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Romance of Tarzan (1918 film) Description of subject: The Romance of Tarzan is a 1918 American silent adventure film featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero Tarzan in one of his earliest screen appearances.
Referenced by (3)
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