Herman Brix (Bruce Bennett) did got his chance when Burroughs himself got involved in making a more faithful Tarzan adventure. The result was the serial The New Adventures Of Tarzan (1935), which was later edited and released as 2 movies: New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) and Tarzan and The Green Goddess (1938).
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN (1935)
Cast: Herman Brix (Tarzan), Ula Holt (Ula Vale), Ashton Dearholt as Don Castello (Raglan), Frank Baker, Lewis Sargent, Harry Ernest, Dale Walsh, Jiggs (Nkima the Chimp).
Directed by Edward A. Kull; screenplay by Edwin H. Blum, Ben S. Cohen, Basil Dickey and Charles F. Royal based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Plot: Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend, D'Arnot. On the way he helps Major Martling search Mayan ruins for hidden jewels and an idol containing the formula for a powerful explosive. D'Arnot and the idol are rescued, but the idol (the green goddess) falls into the clutches of the explorer Raglan. Major Martling and Ula Vale launch separate expeditions to find the Goddess and place its secrets in safe hands. Ula's fiance died in an earlier attempt at the same goal and she has taken up the trail in his memory against the advice of her lawyer, Hiram Powers, who covets the Goddess for himself.
Chapter titles:
1. The New Adventures of Tarzan
2. Crossed Trails
3. The Devil's Noose
4. River Perils
5. Unseen Hands
6. Fatal Fangs
7. Flaming Waters
8. Angry Gods
9. Doom's Brink
10 Secret Signals
11 Death's Fireworks
12 Operator No. 17
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