 The original star was to have been Joe Bonomo (qv), promoted by  the studio as "the greatest of all Tarzans." Near the end of work on  another picture, _Perils of the Wild (1925)_ (qv), Bonono fractured  his left leg and injured his sacroiliac. Frank Merrill (I) (qv),  who had doubled for Elmo Lincoln (qv) in  _Perils of the Jungle (1927)_ (qv), was offered the job and began  work the next day.