1022 Lake St.
Oak Park, IL 60302
United States
Oak Park River Forest Museum, Downtown Oak Park and Classic Cinemas are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tarzan creator and former Oak Park resident Edgar Rice Burroughs’ birth by showing the 1984 film, “Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes,” at Lake Theatre Saturday, Aug. 30 at 11 a.m.
The movie is based on Burroughs’ 1912 novel, “Tarzan of the Apes.” The movie, nominated for three Academy Awards, was the first Tarzan feature film in contention for an Oscar.
Admission will be $5, and tickets can be purchased in advance at classiccinemas.com/tarzan.
Gather outside of Lake Theatre at 10 a.m. that day for other festivities and to hear OPRF Museum Executive Director Frank Lipo talk about Burroughs’ life and his contributions to pop culture. That will be followed by a Tarzan yell contest, with categories for both children and adults. Think you can do a good Tarzan yell? Let’s hear it!