James Pierce said of this picture: "Because of poor direction, terrible story treatment and putrid acting, the opus was a stinkeroo. I emerged with nothing to show for my strenuous effort except being typecast as Tarzan. I was out of a job."
Edgar Rice Burroughs convinced James Pierce, his future son-in-law, to turn down a role in Wings in order to play Tarzan in this film. That role went to a rising Gary Cooper, and made him a star.
A standout in the cast was Yi-ching Lin, a Chinese giant who stood eight feet tall and weighed 300 pounds.
More than 1,000 extras were hired for the filming
Shooting was delayed for month while star James Pierce recovered from injuries suffered in a serious car crash.
The only known print of this film is a French version. There are video dubs of this print in circulation.