big city, being Maureen O'Sullivan's final appearance and in which Elmo Lincoln's, the screen's first Tarzan, had a cameo.
Richard Thorpe continued the following sequels : ¨Tarzan escapes¨(1936), ¨Tarzan finds a son¨ (1939) with the addition of the five-year-old Johnny Sheffield as Boy, ¨Tarzan's secret Treasure¨ (1941), and ¨Tarzan's New York adventure¨ (1942) where Boy is abducted by an evil circus owner, then Tarzan goes to rescue him and he meets N.Y. Followed by ¨Tarzan and his mate¨ (1934) by Jack Conway. Van Dyke, this one being the definitive Tarzan movie, the original of the long series. First Tarzan/Johhny Weissmuller was ¨Tarzan, the ape man¨ (1932) by W.S. The motion picture was decently directed by Richard Thorpe. The sets and production design are visually appealing, including a brilliant cinematography by Clyde De Vinna. As usual, there are the obvious uses of stock footage due to many budget cutbacks following the death of Irving Thalberg many stock shots regarding wild animal sequences from former movies were used, such as intervention of a well trained Lion and a Chimpanzee ex-professed for the film. And, of course, special mention for the likable Chimpanzee Cheeta that steals the show, giving some humorous moments with his antics, frolics and mayhem. Here stands out Johnny Sheffield whose first role was in ¨Tarzan finds a son¨ (1939) as an orphan whose ambitious relatives hope he stays lost so they can collect an inheritance. However, Johnny Weissmuller is better Olympic swimmer than actor. Well starred by Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan Johnny Sheffield, both of them bring wit and style to their classic characters. It contains noisy action, sensational adventures, many angry natives, nasty white hunters, hungry lions and wonderful outdoors, though mostly shot in Hollywood studios.
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The movie is dubiously faithful to Edgar Rice Borroughs story. But Tarzan doesn't take kindly to threat and kidnap to his family and executes against the evil-doers an extreme lesson. Thus, Tarzan -helped by O'Doul (Barry FitzGerald) and Cheeta-, now heads to jungle in order to save the boy and gets into trouble with bad guys and cannibal tribes. As the greedy explorers scheme heinous plans and want Boy's help in finding a secret cache of gold. As Boy is tricked by evil hunters and abandoning his parents. Tarzan, then, saves an expedition from a savage tribe, only to be repaid by having the mean hunters (Tom Conway, Philip Dorn, Reginald Owen) hold Jane and spunky ten-year-old Boy (Johnny Sheffield) hostage.
The picture concerns a naive Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) in his loincloth, living his fairy tale with Jane Parker (Maureen O'Sullivan) and cohabiting in unmarried bliss, this situation being really criticized by Hays Code. It starts with the following preface : ¨Beyond the last outpost of civilization, a mighty escarpment towers the skies of Africa -uncharted on maps- a strange world, a place of mystery¨. Enjoyable Tarzan movie, plenty of action, adventures and quite entertaining.
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