May 30th
Tarzan the Ape Man***
US 1932. MGM. 99m. bw
Ivory hunter's daughter Jane Parker meets Tarzan.
The first established version of the Tarzan legend on film, which despite occasional narrative lapses (Tarzan's origins are never explained) and standard studio product, is still a thoroughly enjoyable yarn, and set its muscular Olympic swimming star off on a popular trail.
Written by: Cyril Hume, Ivor Novello, based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke.
Starring: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, C. Aubrey Smith, Neil Hamilton, Jiggs (as Cheeta), Forrester Harvey, Ivory Williams.
Photography: Harold Rosson, Clyde de Vinna.
Preceded by:
Crossbow*
(Australia 2008. New South Wales Film and Television Office. 14m.; A dysfunctional teenager is traumatized by his promiscuous parents and their drug-pushing friends.; w,d,narr: David Michod; s: Cy Standen, Lisa Chappell, Joel Edgerton, Mirrah Foulkes.)
Tarzan the Ape Man***
US 1932. MGM. 99m. bw
Ivory hunter's daughter Jane Parker meets Tarzan.
The first established version of the Tarzan legend on film, which despite occasional narrative lapses (Tarzan's origins are never explained) and standard studio product, is still a thoroughly enjoyable yarn, and set its muscular Olympic swimming star off on a popular trail.
Written by: Cyril Hume, Ivor Novello, based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke.
Starring: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, C. Aubrey Smith, Neil Hamilton, Jiggs (as Cheeta), Forrester Harvey, Ivory Williams.
Photography: Harold Rosson, Clyde de Vinna.
Preceded by:
Crossbow*
(Australia 2008. New South Wales Film and Television Office. 14m.; A dysfunctional teenager is traumatized by his promiscuous parents and their drug-pushing friends.; w,d,narr: David Michod; s: Cy Standen, Lisa Chappell, Joel Edgerton, Mirrah Foulkes.)
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