In Tarzan and the Great River, everyone’s favourite jungle man continues his globetrotting adventures as he heads south from Mexico and the Valley of Gold to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the sixth Tarzan film by producer Sy Weintraub and once again he uses great locals as backdrops for these adventures.
Tag: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) – Review
When one thinks of Tarzan “Globetrotting Adventurer” is not the first thing that comes to mind but in this series, produced by Sy Weintraub, that’s exactly what Tarzan has become, and it’s actually quite a good idea. Elephants in trouble get help when Tarzan Goes to India, in Thailand, he helps put a boy on…
The Eternal Savage: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
The Eternal Savage could be considered one of the more “out there” stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs as although it has many of the elements and tropes of his other books, this one comes across more Twilight Zone-ish than one might expect.
Savage Pellucidar: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Savage Pellucidar is the last of the “hollow earth” stories by Burroughs and like Land of Terror it is more of a collection of loosely connected short stories than a novel; The Return to Pellucidar, Men of the Bronze Age and Tiger Girl and Savage Pellucidar. This book was not published until twelve years after…
Land of Terror: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Written in 1944 Land of Terror is the penultimate book in the Pellucidar series and one that was never serialized as it was rejected by all his usual publishers. Having read it I’m not all that surprised.