Tarzan the Tiger

After Tarzan's estate is destroyed by Arabs Jane is sold into slavery by a man posing as a friendly scientist. Tarzan develops amnesia after a blow to the head. When he recovers his memory (from a later blow) he defeats the villain, recovers the fabulous jewels of Opar, and rescues Jane.

Tarzan the Tiger (1929) is a Universal movie serial based on the novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It stars Frank Merrill as Tarzan, Natalie Kingston as Jane, and Al Ferguson. It was written by Ian McClosky Heath and directed by Henry MacRae.

Plot
Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) returns to Africa, with Lady Jane and friend Albert Werper, in order to return to Opar. He needs the treasure of Opar in order to secure his estates in England. Werper, however, is actually interested in the gold himself. He is in league with Arab slave trader Achmet Zek who wishes revenge on Tarzan and Lady Jane for himself.

Cast
Frank Merrill as “The Lord of the Manor—known to London as the Earl of Greystoke—and to the Jungle as Tarzan, the Tiger!”
Natalie Kingston as “Lady Jane, his wife, who has left the gaiety of London Society to share his life on the Jungle plantation”
Al Ferguson as “Albert Werper, Soldier of Fortune—a guest at Greystoke Manor in the guise of a friendly Scientist”
Kithnou as “The High Priestess of the Sun Worshipers—La, who has sworn that she will have no other mate than Tarzan”
Sheldon Lewis as “Achmet Zek, a Nomad Chief, against whose traffic in slaves Tarzan has waged relentless war”

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