In this authoritative volume, writer and historian Scott Tracy Griffin traces the development of the history-making Tarzan franchise, from the motion-picture industry s early silents and serials, through the high point of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer era featuring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O Sullivan, to modern worldwide hits like "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes" and Walt Disney Studios animated Tarzan."