When he got to the mgm lot, they wouldnt let him in. Overall, he starred in 12 tarzan films, including tarzan triumphs 1943, tarzan and the huntress 1947, and tarzan and the mermaids 1948. Olympic swimmer johnny weissmuller does a fantastic job as tarzan. Tarzan and his mate is the second of the johnny weissmuller tarzan films. National championships, set 67 world records, and as far as we can tell was never defeated in competition. And finally, for the first six tarzan films that were part of the mgm franchise he had maureen osullivan as his jane. Assuming you mean the first tv tarzan this column has a strong smallscreen bias, after all thatd be actor. Tarzan the ape man 1932 is the first featurelength talking sound version of the tarzan series. And a new tarzan movie is in production with alexander.
The secret nude tarzan scene you never knew about wacky. Osullivan is perhaps best remembered as jane opposite johnny weissmuller s tarzan. The grave of johnny weissmuller and his wife maria lies to the right of the tall stele with a plaque dedicated to the tarzan actor lower center of photo. This is the first time i have checked out these movies in many moons. Johnny weissmuller 1936 original photo tarzan escapes1st. Tarzan the ape man and tarzan and his mate were the first two adaptations of the edgar rice burroughs novels featuring johnny weissmu. By 1947 he had published over 20 books in the tarzan. This article concerns tarzan s appearance in film and other nonprint media. This was the second in the johnny weissmuller as tarzan and maureen osullivan as jane movies. Tarzan, the ape man, tarzan and his mate, tarzan escapes, tarzan finds.
Tarzan met johnny weissmuller a couple of times, came through my line at the grocery store. Almost the first tarzan the iconic tarzan has always been johnny weissmuller, who took edgar rice burroughs sophisticated, multilingual lord greystoke and embued him with me tarzan jargon, the fakeafrican umgawa, the chimp companion, and the vineswinging. In 1931, weissmuller married bobbe arnst, the first of his five wives. Includes risque, but beautiful footage shot in silver springs. It was something all the kids expected and enjoyed.
By 1947 he had published over 20 books in the tarzan series. Water bugs johnny weissmuller, swimming champ 1931. Learn more about johnny weissmuller and contact us today for licensing opportunities. May 26, 2016 the official order of tarzan portrayers puts weissmuller 6th elmo lincoln gene polar kamuela searles james h. Johnny sheffield was great in this movie, his acting was impressively natural. Written and directed by john rust, the documentary features interviews with film historians rudy behlmer and scott tracy griffin, who discuss the films. The very first tarzan movie was a silent one, filmed in 1918.
Movie, tarzan the ape man movie,tarzan the ape man trailer,tarzan the ape man 1932, woodbridge s. Dec 09, 2017 johnny weissmuller was by far the best tarzan to grace the big screen even though only in black and white the rest are poor in comparison and maureen o sullivan was a natural beauty as jane they were the best ever pairing for their parts and up to now here in 2015 nearly 70 years since their last tarzan movie hollywood has not yet been able to. Like its predecessor it is a fun jungle adventure story that seems a little dated, but still provides a lot of entertainment. The tarzan of that era was johnny weissmuller, a swimmer, who won 5 olympic gold medals and in 1922 broke the 100 metre freestyle record, swimming it in 58. Tarzan, a fictional character created by edgar rice burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel tarzan of the apes, and then in twentythree sequels. With the advent of the talkies, a popular tarzan movie franchise was developed, starting with tarzan the ape man in 1932, with a total of twelve films produced until 1948, in which the former olympic swimmer johnny weissmuller performed. Johnny weissmuller june 2, 1904 january 20, 1984 was an austrohungarianborn american competition swimmer and actor.
Weissmuller brings the baby home to pretty maureen osullivan as jane. Johnny weissmuller signed water world 1st edition hc dj. He acted just the way you would imagine a kid would act growing up in the jungle with tarzan that part of the movie i liked. There were other tarzans before, but johnny weissmullers portrayal of the ape man is the first major onscreen version of the famous jungle hero. Weissmuller would later claim to have been born in windber, pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of the us olympic team. There were other tarzans before, but johnny weissmuller s portrayal of the ape man is the first major onscreen version of the famous jungle hero. Biography the official licensing website of johnny weissmuller. It was his 47th record, and he still had many exciting years ahead of him. While the world over knew him only as tarzan, his real name was johnny weissmuller. Maureen osullivan, born in ireland, is an actress who played jane opposite johnny weissmuller s tarzan from 1932 and 1942. Tarzan the ape man is a 1932 precode american action adventure film released by metrogoldwynmayer featuring edgar rice burroughs famous jungle hero tarzan and starring johnny weissmuller, neil hamilton, c. Im afraid i have no cite, but i have a very strong memory of an old tarzan movie, probably from the 1930s or 1940s, perhaps with johnny weissmuller, where the tribes were definitely speaking in.
Tarzan naked swim 1934 tarzan and his mate johnny weismuller maureen sullivan. Weissmuller tells the following story, see video so some kid came along and said, hey they got 75 guys on the back lot theyre making a test for tarzan go back and make a test and they. He was the first person to ever swim the 440yard freestyle in under 5 minutes, won 52 u. This movie shows us how tarzan and jane first met with a small mention of ivory. The following year, weismuller wed latin actress lupe velez. And one of the most exciting scenes ever made for any tarzan film was johnny riding on the back of an african rhinoceros. In 1948, johnny starred in his 12th tarzan movie tarzan and the mermaids before finally hanging up his loincloth. They are universally acknowledged as the most loved and famous of the many tarzan characters. Weissmuller would later on claim to have already been created in windber, pa, probably to make sure his eligibility to compete within the us olympic group. Welcome to the video gallery page of the official johnny weissmuller website. Tarzan s chimp cheeta swings by and tosses the blanketed lad to jungle king johnny weissmuller as tarzan, who has arrived to investigate.
Already well known as an olympic swimming star by 1932, whilst johnny was not the first on screen tarzan, his has become the most famous. Johnny weissmuller got the part of tarzan only because he wanted to meet clark gable. Tarzan johnny weissmuller abertura open by valtereggiani. His relationship with his parents tarzan and jane seemed real and unforced. So how did the boy from banat, pennsylvania, and chicago end up in the jungles of mgm and rko. The first 5 films, in this alternate universe, portray tarzan living in an exotic paradise, high on a plateau in the unexplored interior of equatorial africa. With legend of tarzan in theaters, tarzan expert ron marz ranks the 10 greatest movies starring edgard rice burroughs classic character. The first weissmuller tarzan movie also features maureen osullivan as a sexy, intelligent jane. It was the only film in which he actually said, me tarzan. The tarzan saga was based upon the original lord of the jungle characters created by novelist edgar rice burroughs. Film critics were generally amused with his antics and impressed with the photography in the first three weissmuller films, tarzan, the ape man, in 1932.
Brenda joyce makes the first of five appearances as jane and johnny sheffield returns as boy. Jul 01, 2016 the enduring mystery of the tarzan yell. This tape is about tarzan finding and raising a child he found in a downed plane. Tarzan and his mate is listed in volume 1 of his 3 volume series. Mysterious air currents and mechanical failures cause a private plane to crash in africa, with only a baby boy surviving. Movie, tarzan the ape man movie, tarzan the ape man trailer, tarzan the ape man 1932, woodbridge s. The character proved immensely popular and quickly made the jump to other media, first and most notably to comics and film. Tarzan fights them when the cult first attacks a caravan and next attacks jane and boy. The ape man johnny weissmuller and jane maureen osullivan find an infant, call him boy john sheffield and raise him. Through the 12 johnny weissmuller films of the 30s and 40s. Like most film series, the earlier movies in the tarzan series are the better ones, starting with this first film.
In 1981 newspapers in spain, mexico and elsewhere were already running stories about the declining health of tarzan in acapulco. Johnny weissmuller was created as peter johann wei. Tarzan and his mate 1934 directed by cedric gibbons. Two more interesting official olympics shorts that feature johnny. One of those clients was the olympic swimming hero and movie character tarzan, johnny weissmuller image 2. Edgar rice burroughs tarzans quest signed 1st edition 1936 1504734. Edgar rice burroughs 18751950 published his first serialized tarzan story in 1912, tarzan of the apes. It is an original vintage photo from 1936 year of issue. Made a cameo appearance with former tarzan costar maureen osullivan in the phynx 1970. This is a real 8 x 10 black and white photograph not a digital computer print of any kind. She is the mother of mia farrow maureen osullivan looks like mia farrow here maureen paula osullivan may 1911 23 june was an irish actress best known for playing jane in the tarzan series of films starring johnny weissmuller. Jun 30, 2016 15 hunky actors whove played tarzan throughout the years.
In this film, tarzan comes shorn of any connection to his baronial heritage and the greystoke title. Johnny weissmuller turns pro tarzan, swimming, jane, and film. This fourdisc set collects all six of their costarring efforts in the venerable film series. Johnny first acted as tarzan in 1932 tarzan the ape man, and played the part in a dozen or so films. Indeed, throughout the johnny weissmuller series and or any film that followed up until the 1980s, we never find how tarzan ended up living in the jungle. Williams design for the 8,700 squarefoot pink, italian inspired palace at 414 saint pierre road included spectacular grounds with a 300foot serpentine swimming pool that curled around the house. He was known for playing edgar rice burroughs ape man tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s and for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century. He made his first feature film appearance in glorifying the american girl 1929 as adonis. Tarzan and his mate 1934 is the highest rated tarzan movie while tarzan the ape man 1981 is the lowest rated tarzan movie. It also marked the first of six tarzan movies starring both johnny weissmuller and irishborn actress maureen osullivan between 1932 and 1942.
Tarzan and the amazons 1945 is an adventure film starring johnny weissmuller in his ninth outing as tarzan. For many movie lovers, johnny weissmuller and maureen osullivan are the definitive screen tarzan and jane. Although there were movie tarzans both before and after johnny weissmuller, he remains everybodys favorite and the quintessential ape man much like sean connerys james bond or bela lugosis dracula. Maureen osullivan, a leading hollywood actress in the 1930s and early 40s best known for playing jane to johnny weissmullers tarzan in the series of popular jungle adventure movies, died yesterday at the scottsdale memorial hospital in scottsdale, ariz. Aug 31, 20 johnny weissmuller, the nationally known championship swimmer who shortly was to become internationally known due to the movie tarzan, came to silver springs in february 1931 to appear in a. When as a kid at a church family fun night my dad would rent the old reel to reel movies and cartoons for the kids to watch above the church gym i knew one of the reels would contain tarzan with johnny weissmuller. Edgar rice burroughs first introduced the world to tarzan in a 1912 issue of the all story magazine. I must add that johnny weismuller as tarzan doesnt hurt the film at all.
The original tarzan movies with johnny weissmuller, olympic swimmer and overall. Tarzan the ape man 1932 the best movies in cinematic. Another of the most iconic screen tarzan images is taken from a scene in this movie, where weissmuller is standing atop the lead elephant of the herd called by tarzan to surround the elephant graveyard. Johnny weissmuller, the nationally known championship swimmer who shortly was to become internationally known due to the movie tarzan. The tarzan character called various titles through the years, including john. When weissmuller was introduced to the first cheetah in his tarzan films in 1931 he worked with 8 chimpanzees altogether, the chimps trainer told him to show no fear or the animal would attack him. Johnny weissmuller wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Silver screen king of the jungle is a documentary focusing on the first six sound tarzan films produced by metrogoldwynmayer starring johnny weissmuller and maureen osullivan. Aside from his first screen appearance as adonis and the role of johnny duval in the 1946 film swamp fire, weissmuller played only three roles in films during the heyday of his hollywood career. They were exceptional adventure stories, sheer fun for young and old alike. He made his debut as tarzan in the 1932 film tarzan the ape man. Actress maureen osullivan made a name for herself in the movies, and not just any name. Maureen o sullivan,played first jane in tarzan movies along with johnny weissmuller.
Was johnny weissmuller the very first tarzan answers. Movie, tarzan the ape man movie,tarzan the ape man trailer,tarzan the ape man. After barely surviving the first time around, holt decides to return to the elephant graveyard. Jane maureen osullivan and tarzan johnny weissmuller in a scene from the 1941 film tarzans secret treasure. I remember when tarzan black and white movies played on television all the time when i was a kid. Who portrayed tarzan firstbuster crabbe or johnny weismuller. Pierce frank merrill johnny weismuller buster crabbe. Weissmullers first film role was set in the jungle of new. He was obviously cast for his looks and athleticism but he brings a sensitivity to the part thats unexpected. Well, for my money, none beats the johnny weissmuller series at mgm and later rko. The belair johnny weissmuller residence sill haunted. Tarzan, jane, glamour, edgar rice burroughs, mgm, metro goldwyn mayer, johnny weissmuller, maureen osullivan, film history memories of tarzan and his mate, jane, aka johnny weissmuller and maureen osullivan.
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