The
original
Tarzan
radio
adaptation
was
regarded
as the
first
major
syndicated
serial,
heard
widely
over WOR,
New York.
Tarzan was
originally
played by
James
Pierce,
Jane was
played by
his
real-life
wife, Joan
Burroughs,
who was
also the
daughter
of Edgar
Rice
Burroughs,
the author
of Tarzan.
The story
begins
with Lord
and Lady
Greystoke
and their
young son
marooned
on an
African
coast. The
young
boy's
parents
are later
killed by
the apes
and Tarzan
is raised
by them.
Cast:
James
Pierce,
Joan
Burroughs,
Gale
Gordon, Cy
Kendall,
Fred
Shields,
Frank
Nelson,
Jeanette
Nolan,
Hanley
Stafford,
Art Kane,
Fred
Harrington,
Eily
Malyan,
Ralph
Scott,
Carlton
KaDell,
Karena
Shields,
George
Turner,
Brian
Gregory,
Barbara
Luddy.
