Two young Chinese lovers bring peace to their warring families so they can marry. When this hits the newspapers, the big point is that the gifts include a jade necklace worth $50,000. This excites crooks, who decide to steal it. Fortunately, reporters Charles Delaney and Marion Shilling are assigned to cover the nuptials, and Bob's invaluable and much brighter assistant, Tarzan are on hand. Can they foil this dastardly plot and prevent another tong war?
It's a really cheap Weiss Brothers drama, but given the standards of the era, it's quite watchable. The Chinese performers have roles which make them human, there are some nice gimmicks, and Tarzan is a fine performer.
We're not talking Johnny Weissmuller, nor Ken Maynard's horse. This Tarzan is a handsome German Shepherd with a nice bag of tricks, from stealing parking tickets to locking up the bad guys. It's the third movie he appeared in, all cheap Poverty Row efforts.
Elmer Clifton directs the movie at a good clip. He was one of the directors who studied under D. W. Griffith. Like half the directing talent of the period, he was an assistant director on BIRTH OF A NATION, as well as acting in it. His directing career seems to have peaked in the mid-1920s. After that he wound up on Poverty Row, where he mostly directed westerns. He died in 1949, at the age of 59.
