Although PulpFest 2018 ended yesterday, all is not lost. Starting in just a few days is the 2018 Dum-Dum, the annual gathering of Edgar Rice Burroughs enthusiasts. Taking place August 2 – 5 in Morgan City, Louisiana, the convention is hosted by the Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau. It will be held at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 520 Roderick Street, Morgan City, Louisiana. You can book a room by clicking here or by calling (985) 385-2200. If calling to place a reservation, please mention that you are with the Dum-Dum convention. The convention ends on Sunday, August 5, following a farewell breakfast.
Morgan City was selected as the site of this year’s Dum-Dum to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the release of the silent film classic, TARZAN OF THE APES. Directed by Scott Sidney and starring Elmo Lincoln as the jungle lord, it was filmed around Morgan City and became the first of many film adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ adventure classic.
The 2018 Dum-Dum will feature filmmaker Al Bohl; editor of The Burroughs Bibliophiles Henry G. Franke, III; Scott Tracy Griffin, the author of TARZAN ON FILM and other works; and author Win Scott Eckert, an expert on famed science fiction writer Philip José Farmer and his connections to Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan.
To learn more about the 2018 Dum-Dum — including how to register — please visit erbzine.com/dumdum/.
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(The 2018 Dum-Dum will take place in Morgan City, Louisiana, the location where the silent movie TARZAN OF THE APES was filmed. Produced in 1918 by the National Film Corporation of America and directed by Scott Sidney, TARZAN OF THE APES starred Elmo Lincoln as the adult jungle lord. Enid Markey played Jane. This year’s Dum-Dum will salute the centennial of Sidney’s classic film.)
