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Tarzan the Ape Man is a 1932 pre-Code American action adventure film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith and Maureen O'Sullivan. It was Weissmuller's first of 12 Tarzan films. O'Sullivan played Jane in six features between 1932 and 1942. [1]
Tarzan the Ape Man: Johnny Weissmuller: Irving Thalberg: W. S. Van Dyke: 1932 WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller First MGM film Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Tarzan and His Mate: Johnny Weissmuller: Bernard H. Hyman: Cedric Gibbons: 1934 WB: The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Tarzan Escapes: Johnny ...
Johnny Weissmuller (/ ˈ w aɪ s m ʌ l ər / WYSSE-mul-ər; born Johann Peter Weißmüller, German: [ˈjoːhan ˈpeːtɐ ˈvaɪsmʏlɐ]; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Hungarian-born ethnic German American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor. He was known for having one of the best competitive-swimming records of the 20th ...
Maureen Paula O'Sullivan (May 17, 1911 – June 23, 1998) was an Irish actress who played Jane in the Tarzan series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller.She starred in dozens of feature films across a span of more than half a century and performed with such stars as Laurence Olivier, Greta Garbo, Fredric March, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore ...
Tarzan and His Mate is a 1934 American pre-Code action adventure film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by Cedric Gibbons , it was the second in the Tarzan film series and starred Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan . [ 2 ]
With the working title Tarzan Against the World, film production began on December 17, 1941, continuing to January 28, 1942, mainly on the MGM backlot/ranch. Additional scenes were shot in early February 1942. [4] Popular mythology claims that Johnny Weissmuller did his own high-dive stunt in Tarzan's New York Adventure.
Tarzan Triumphs is a 1943 adventure film in which Tarzan fights the Germans during World War II. Johnny Weissmuller had portrayed the Edgar Rice Burroughs character in six films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , but this was his first with the producer Sol Lesser at RKO Pictures . [ 2 ]
Tarzan Finds a Son! is a 1939 Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.It was the fourth in the MGM Tarzan series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the "King of the Apes" and the fourth of six films in which he stars with Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane; following this pairing was Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) and Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942).