 Editor in Chief Bill   | 17 May 2015 7:14 p.m. PST |
Which Tarzan movie is your favorite? |
Skeets  | 17 May 2015 7:46 p.m. PST |
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| djbthesecond | 17 May 2015 7:46 p.m. PST |
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| Crow Bait | 17 May 2015 8:00 p.m. PST |
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 miniMo | 17 May 2015 8:04 p.m. PST |
Johnny Weismuller is Tarzan: Tarzan The Ape Man, 1932.
Although I have yet to see the first film version : Tarzan of the Apes, 1918
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| Cyrus the Great | 17 May 2015 8:36 p.m. PST |
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| sneakgun | 17 May 2015 9:19 p.m. PST |
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| Bunkermeister | 17 May 2015 9:31 p.m. PST |
Johnny Weismuller Tarzan the Ape Man While the Weissmuller movies only have a limited resemblance to the books they are still excellent movies in their own right. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
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| Mute Bystander | 18 May 2015 3:32 a.m. PST |
Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan |
| abelp01 | 18 May 2015 4:15 a.m. PST |
The Legend of Greystoke. But if you want something close to the books, watch the firs Disney cartoon. |
| IanKHemm | 18 May 2015 5:05 a.m. PST |
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| Wackmole9 | 18 May 2015 6:27 a.m. PST |
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| WarWizard | 18 May 2015 8:05 a.m. PST |
As much as I like some of the old one, I don't think the best one has been made yet. |
 Legion 4 | 18 May 2015 8:25 a.m. PST |
Wasn't there an old one with Johnny Weismuller and Cheetah taking on the Nazis in the jungles of Africa ?  |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 18 May 2015 8:29 a.m. PST |
I like the one with Jane taking a morning dip in the river!
Tarzan and his Mate, maybe?
That, and the one where he takes out nazis by dropping rocks on their heads. |
| Shagnasty | 18 May 2015 9:20 a.m. PST |
My fav was one from the 6os with Gordon Moore as the T man and Sean Connery as one of the henchman. Tarzan has sex with a woman and, after killing the villain, gives the Tarzan Cry in triumph. |
| sneakgun | 18 May 2015 10:16 a.m. PST |
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 The Virtual Armchair General  | 18 May 2015 12:31 p.m. PST |
Shagnasty! That was Gordon SCOTT in the loincloth with Sean Connery, et al, in "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure," easily one of the best in the whole franchise. Outstanding script, fine performances by Anthony Quayle, Niall McGinnis, Scilla Gabel (Sophia Loren's body double!), as well as Sean and others make this almost incomparable. TVAG |
| John Jacobs | 18 May 2015 12:46 p.m. PST |
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
| Dynaman8789 | 18 May 2015 12:56 p.m. PST |
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| Col Durnford | 19 May 2015 7:57 a.m. PST |
I'm with Tarzan Triumphs (with the Nazis) – "Now Tarzan make war". |
| Legion 4 | 19 May 2015 9:35 a.m. PST |
Legion, it was Tarzan Triumphs… Yeah ! That's one !!!!!  |
| Mute Bystander | 19 May 2015 11:04 a.m. PST |
MiniMo, Sounds intriguing! |
| Mute Bystander | 19 May 2015 11:07 a.m. PST |
Tarzan Movies? link Who Played Tarzan, and When
Actor
Film or Television Show
Year
Elmo Lincoln
Tarzan of the Apes (silent)
1918
Gordon Griffith (Tarzan as a boy)
Tarzan of the Apes (silent)
1918
P. Dempsey Tebler
Son of Tarzan (15 chapter movie serial)
1920-21
Kamuela Cooper Searle (young Tarzan)
Son of Tarzan
1920-21
Gene Polar
Revenge of Tarzan
1920
James Pierce
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927
Frank Merrill
Tarzan the Mighty and Tarzan the Tiger
1928 and 1929
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan the Ape Man and 11 other Tarzan films
1932-1948
Buster Crabbe
The Fearless
1933
Herman Brix
The New Adventures of Tarzan
1935
Glenn Morris
Tarzan's Revenge
1938
Lex Barker
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949
Gordon Scott
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955
Denny Miller
Tarzan the Ape Man
1959
Jock Mahoney
Tarzan Goes to India
1962
Mike Henry
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
1966
Ron Ely
Tarzan (TV)
1966-68
Miles O'Keefe
Tarzan the Ape Man
1981
Christopher Lambert
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
Joe Lara
Tarzan in Manhattan (TV movie) and Tarzan the Epic Adventures
1984 and 1996
Wolf Larson
Tarzan (TV)
1991-94
Casper Van Dien
Tarzan and the Lost City
1998
Travis Fimmel
Tarzan (TV)
2003 |
| Old Slow Trot | 20 May 2015 6:57 a.m. PST |
Not to mention the Disney animated version. |
| The Shadow | 20 May 2015 7:39 a.m. PST |
"Tarzan and his Mate" without a doubt! Those that don't think that it was great probably haven't seen it. It was pre-"Hays Office", so we got to see Jane swimming nude underwater! Yes…I said nude…and *completely* nude! It wasn't Maureen O'Sullivan, but rather a body double. The double was a friend and Olympic team mate of Weismuller's. One of the reasons she was chosen, beside the fact that she was an excellent swimmer, is that she could hold her breath underwater for such a long time. The end of the flick was just delirious, involving a huge battle with elephants and apes joined together to fight bad natives and lions! The scene with Jane standing on the rocks in her jungle bikini picking off lions with a hunting rifle is still vivid in my mind! And what a bikini! She never wore it again after that film. It was just too scanty for the censors. She was originally supposed to go topless, but it was too difficult to keep her strategically covered by ferns and other things, so they ditched the idea. |
| latto6plus2 | 20 May 2015 9:06 a.m. PST |
The one where Tarzan dives off the Brooklyn Bridge, same one where he puts on a shirt for the first time and the back just rips. As a kid I spent ages trying to that. Much to my mums annoyance and amusement. |
| The Shadow | 20 May 2015 11:28 a.m. PST |
>>The one where Tarzan dives off the Brooklyn Bridge<< "Tarzan's New York Adventure". |
| The Shadow | 20 May 2015 12:14 p.m. PST |
>>As much as I like some of the old one, I don't think the best one has been made yet.<< You're right! I'd love to see a film done exactly like the ERB novel. And no, "Greystoke" was not. |
| Mithmee | 28 May 2015 11:50 a.m. PST |
Yup Ron Ely, Made a far better Tarzan |
 etotheipi | 28 May 2015 12:53 p.m. PST |
George of the Jungle. I don't think any of the movies are enjoyable in the light of the novels. (And I am the guy who is always saying you can't directly compare visual media and print media because of the differences.) |
| warren bruhn | 25 Jun 2015 7:24 p.m. PST |
I just bought copies of the 8 Johnny Weismuller Tarzan movies from the 1930's and 40's. Both "Tarzan the Ape Man" 1932 and "Tarzan and His Mate" 1934 were fantastic! |
| The Shadow | 27 Jun 2015 9:18 a.m. PST |
Warren I think that you're going to find "Tarzan and his Mate" to be the best of the lot by far. The final battle is just incredible! |
| Jim Rat | 01 Sep 2015 3:47 p.m. PST |
1949-1952 Lex Barker made a Tarzan movie a year, then made another in 1953 for a total of 5 films. Barker has always been my favorite Tarzan. |
| Jim Rat | 01 Sep 2015 3:55 p.m. PST |
Crap Sorry, I didn't realize I was necro-posting.
Move along. Nothing to see here. |
| The Shadow | 01 Sep 2015 5:12 p.m. PST |
What's "necro-posting"? I thought that barker was a very good Tarzan. Unfortunately, that series of films had dropped drastically in production values by the time that he took over the role. |
| Jim Rat | 02 Sep 2015 9:58 p.m. PST |
Necro-posting is posting to a thread that has been dead for a few months, thus bringing it back to life. I suppose those films may have been of lower production values, but as I was just a young-in' I didn't notice. |
| The Shadow | 04 Sep 2015 8:03 a.m. PST |
There's nothing wrong with bringing up the Tarzan film discussion again. After all, this is the Pulp Media message board, and Tarzan is the most well known pulp era hero of them all. Everyone interested in pulp era fiction should read at least one Tarzan novel and see "Tarzan and his Mate". |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 25 Dec 2015 5:49 p.m. PST |
Well,then,here's another "necro post" to second,or third,"Tarzan and His Mate". It was obvious even to my pubescent self that it was a body double in the underwater scene:flat chest,powerful thighs:a swimmer.
Especially so after that tent scene with the clear sillouetting of Maureen O'Sullivan's naked form against the lantern light,an image burned into my 12 year old brain. Of course this was in the early sixties,today it's tame stuff. At the time,though… And this was on The Early Show,local 4:30 daily movie. Surprising,come to think of it,what they were showing at the time,although this was pretty much as far as it got
The only thing to, um,"beat it",was Harlow in Red Dust"--Yeow!
But of course there was Mrs Peel… |
| Gunfreak | 26 Dec 2015 4:28 a.m. PST |
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