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Photoplay Edition - Just a ref - NOT a 1st: Adapted Movie Still: Tarzan and the Golden Lion (Photoplay) - 4 b/w movie stills
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Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Movie Edition
Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay
distributed by Film Booking Offices of America

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Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927)
Black and White ~ Silent
Movie Summary
The plot involves the impersonation of the Apeman by Esteban Miranda and the search for a legendary city of diamonds. 
At the climax Tarzan races with his pet lion Jad-bal-ja to save Jane's friend,  Flora Hawks, from being sacrificed to a lion-god. 
CREDITS 
(Ref: Internet Movie Database)
Directed by J.P. McGowan
Writing credits:  Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel)
        ~ William E. Wing (adaptation)
Produced by Edwin C. King
Cinematography by
Joseph Walker as Joe Walker
Assistant Director: Mack V. Wright
Other crew: Joseph P. Kennedy, presenter 
FILM CAST
James Pierce: Tarzan
Frederick Peters: Esteban Miranda
Edna Murphy: Flora Hawks
Harold Goodwin: Burton Bradney
Dorothy Dunbar: Lady Greystoke
D'Arcy Corrigan: Weesimbo
Boris Karloff: Owaza (film debut)
Robert Bolder: John Peebles


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Golden Lion Cast Autographs
This edition was published by Grosset & Dunlap in conjunction with release of the 1927 silent film Tarzan And The Golden Lion. Shortly after publication, there was a dinner banquet to celebrate the publication of the book and commemorating the film in which many important people involved with production of film signed interior frontispiece. There were 20-25 copies of the book signed by this group of people.

The images featured here are of ERB's personal copy signed by members of the cast and people involved in the production and book.  These include: Edgar Rice Burroughs; James H. Pierce, J. P. McGowan, the director; Joseph P. Kennedy (father of JFK and RFK), who was a financial backer, shifting some of his money from the illicit liquor trade into film distribution; Boris Karloff, who played Ozawa; D'Arcy Corrigan, who played Weesimbo; Robert Bolder, who played John Peebles; Harold Goodwin, who played Burton Bradney; Frederick Peters, who played Esteban Miranda; publishers Alexander Grosset and George Dunlap; Film Booking Offices of America Vice President Joseph I. Schnitzer; film producer Edwin C. King; technical director Major F.J. Franklin; and two others. 

There is a later inscription on the front pastedown, by Florence, "This copy was given to me by my husband Edgar Rice Burroughs, April 4, 1936. Florence Gilbert Burroughs," and thirty years later, "(This book was ERB's own copy, which he gave to Florence while they were married. Edward Gilbert, Dec. 30, 1996)."
 

Adapted Movie Still: Tarzan and the Golden Lion (Photoplay) - 4 b/w movie stillsTHE TERRORS OF OPAR SAFELY BEHIND
A STRANGER VISITS THE HOME OF TARZAN THE TERRIBLELORD OF THE JUNGLE - TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LIONLORDS OF THE JUNGLE - TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION



Other Movie Stills, Posters and Photos
Featuring James Pierce

James Pierce FilmAutographed Jim Pierce Still from Tarzan and the Golden LionAutographed Jim Pierce Still from Tarzan and the Golden Lion
James and Joan Burroughs Pierce: A 1932 radio promo stillJames and Joan Burroughs Pierce: A Bill Hillman photo from 1971 in Tarzana
See more Jim and Joan Burroughs Pierce photos
from the author's 1971 Tarzana visit:
 http://www.erbzine.com/mag1/0192.html
 http://www.erbzine.com/mag1/0193.html
TARZAN, JANE ALIVE & WELL ~ 1972 newspaper release
http://www.erbzine.com/mag0/0050.html
The Pierces on Radio
  http://www.erbzine.com/mag1/0141.html
 http://www.erbzine.com/mag1/0142.html
  http://www.erbzine.com/mag1/0143.html
The Pierces' Burial Place in Shelbyville, Indiana
  http://www.erbzine.com/mag5/0544.html
 http://www.erbzine.com/mag13/1385.html
Joan Burroughs Pierce Biography: 4 Chapters
http://www.erbzine.com/mag11/1104.html
James H. Pierce Biography
 http://www.erbzine.com/mag27/2729.html

John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
LORD GREYSTOKE'S GALLERY
P.J. Monahan art: Argosy All-Story Weekly: 1922: December 9John Coleman Burroughs art: Big Little Book: Whitman Publishing
U.S. Paperback Gallery
Richard Powers art: Ballantine 1963Robert Abbett art: Ballantine 1969Robert Abbett art: Ballantine 1972Boris Vallejo art: Ballantine 1981St. John art: Del Rey double: Ant Men and Golden Lion - 1997
U.K. Paperback Gallery


Web Refs
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. Illustrated Bibliography
Hillman ERB Cosmos
Patrick Ewing's First Edition Determinors
John Coleman Burroughs Tribute
ERBList Summary Project by ERB Fans
J. Allen St. John Bio, Gallery & Links
Edgar Rice Burroughs: LifeLine Biography
Bob Zeuschner's ERB Bibliography
J.G. Huckenpohler's ERB Checklist
Burroughs Bibliophiles Bulletin
G. T. McWhorter's Burroughs Bulletin Index
Bruce Wood's ERB Jacket Store
Ed Stephan's Tarzan of the Internet
Nick Knowles' ERB Paperback Collector
Illustrated Bibliography of ERB Pulp Magazines
Phil Normand's Recoverings
ERBzine Weekly Online Fanzine
ERB Emporium: Collectibles ~ Comics ~ BLBs ~ Pulps ~ Cards
ERBVILLE: ERB Public Domain Stories in PDF
Clark A. Brady's Burroughs Cyclopedia
Heins' Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bradford M. Day's Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Bibliography
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