I’ll admit to being quite excited when I first heard of this film back in the late 90s; the trailer showed a loquacious Tarzan, newly returned to the jungle, where he and Jane try to stop a group of white adventurers from pillaging the lost city of Opar.
Tag: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) – Review
Making a realistic version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel Tarzan of the Apes would certainly be a daunting task, but before such a task was undertaken one should take into consideration one important question, “Should we be making a realistic version of Tarzan of the Apes?”
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) – Review
Over the years, the character of Tarzan, as depicted in films, has seen a variety of incarnations, from a monosyllabic caveman to an eloquent hero, but not until Bo Derek and her husband came along did we ever get one like this.
Tarzan’s Revenge (1938) – Review
Between Tarzan Escapes (1936) and Tarzan Finds a Son (1939), MGM let the rights to Tarzan slip into the hands of producer Sol Lesser, who had been trying to get hold of the property for quite some time. Tarzan was a Twentieth Century Fox product for just this one brief outing before Sol Lesser later…
Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) – Review
Tarzan and the Mermaids would be Johnny Weissmuller’s twelfth and last outing as Edgar Rice Burroughs legendary Ape Man. Producer Sol Lesser, feeling that Boy had grown too old for the part of a Jungle Boy, had given Johnny Sheffield the boot after Tarzan and the Huntress, and he also moved the production to Mexico,…