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Tag: Richard Thorpe

Knights of the Round Table (1953) – Review

Posted on April 17, 2020April 20, 2020 by Mike Brooks

Though credited as being based on Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, Richard Thorpe’s Knights of the Round Table bares but a passing resemblance to Malory’s collection of Arthurian tales. Instead of covering the numerous exploits of Arthur and his knights, this movie focuses almost solely on the forbidden love affair between Lancelot and Guinevere.

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Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942) – Review

Posted on October 18, 2015November 29, 2023 by Mike Brooks

This would be the sixth and last instalment of the MGM Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan, and though Weissmuller would continue with the role over at RKO Jane herself would vanish for a bit, as Maureen O’Sullivan though an MGM contract player was sick of playing of the part. Tarzan’s New York…

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Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941) – Review

Posted on October 11, 2015November 29, 2023 by Mike Brooks

In this fifth outing of the MGM series, we find Maureen O’Sullivan’s Jane still shacked up with Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan on top of the Mutai Escarpment, but now with Johnny Sheffield’s Boy to bring some family values to the table.

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Tarzan Finds a Son (1939) – Review

Posted on October 4, 2015November 29, 2023 by Mike Brooks

Tarzan and Jane having a son was certainly inevitable, Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced Jack Clayton the Son of Tarzan back in 1915, but for the movies, MGM decided they couldn’t have the kid be a blood relation, as Jane and Tarzan were not legally married. Tarzan does call Jane his wife numerous times, but I…

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Tarzan Escapes (1936) – Review

Posted on September 27, 2015November 29, 2023 by Mike Brooks

In MGM’s third Tarzan film starring the dynamic duo of Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan we once again return to the Mutia Escarpment, and like Tarzan Finds a Mate we once again find ourselves saddled with multiple directors.

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