 The time: the nineteen teens. The problem: America s complacency. In All-Story weekly, complete in one issue, a new hero for all - the jungle lord Tarzan made his debut. This was only the second published story by  Edgar Rice Burroughs  (qv), but was the beginning of an empire - of books, of things, and of the movies. This documentary looks at the creator through the eyes of friends and family, and follows his most famous creation from pulp fiction to comics to America s heart on the silver screen. From the silent era with  Elmo Lincoln  (qv) in _Tarzan of the Apes (1918)_ (qv) to a Hayes office scandalized by the minimalist costume of  Maureen O Sullivan  (qv) in _Tarzan and His Mate (1934)_ (qv) to  Bo Derek  (qv) as Jane in an R-rated jungle epic, Tarzan is a part of film heritage. And he continues today on television, with  Joe Lara  (qv) as the hero and morphing monsters in a digitally-augmented setting.