Some stock footage and jungle scenes were taken from director Van Dyke's and MGM's earlier jungle film Trader Horn (1931), the first non-documentary film to be shot on location in Africa.ĭ. The star swimmer Weissmuller was a gold medals winner in the 1924 In a 1929 part-talkie serial (starring Frank Merrill). Yell (produced by MGM's sound department), although the ape-call originated It was also notable as the only MGM Tarzan film that was based upon the original 'Lord of the Jungle' character in the Edgar Rice Burroughs stories.įilm introduced the chimpanzee Cheeta, and provided the Weissmuller yodel This was the first Tarzan talkie, and also MGM's first Tarzan film. Included some great action sequences, such as the climactic rescue from pygmy cannibals with Tarzan's stampeding army of elephant allies. She came to know his name (with their famous 'Tarzan.Jane' dialogue), and she joined Tarzan for a swim in very brief attire. Aubrey Smith), and the two discovered their love for each other after she slept overnight in his treehouse (and supposedly enjoyed sex with him).

He kidnapped Jane Parker (Maureen O'Sullivan), the daughter of the leader of the English expedition James Parker (C. Valuable ivory tusks were thought to be located.Īn expedition searching for elephant ivory treasures was met in the wilds of Africa by ape man of the jungle, Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller). The quintessential jungle adventure film told the exciting story of a difficultĪfrican trek to the Mutia Escarpment and the fabled elephants' burial grounds, where vast amounts of The Tarzan Films (with Johnny Weissmuller/Maureen O'Sullivan) - Part 1 Part 3: Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) | Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) Part 2: Tarzan Escapes (1936) | Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) Part 1: Tarzan, The Ape Man (1932) | Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

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