November 7, 2007
enjoyed the film and the game Tarzen is really awsome
Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton
A trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes.
Directed by: W.S. Van Dyke, Woodbridge S. Van Dyke
Release Date: August 19, 1932
Stats: 80 reviews
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August 31, 2009This is the first of the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies. Johnny Weissmuller was the best of all actors to play Tarzan. The main reason is because he perfected the Tarzan Yell. In this movie he is still young and trim and looks the part of Tarzan perfectly. The movie has nothing...( read more)
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September 17, 2008I've always liked this version. I think I secretly wanted to wear that outfit Maureen O'Sullivan sported. Sure, the movie is only similar to the original story, but the fantasy is seductive. I could see throwing it all away to live close to nature with a guy I'm crazy about.
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April 12, 2008This is seriously a great film. I used to watch every Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film on sunday afternoons when i was a kid. I love em. To me he is the only Tarzan. All others fail in comparison. As I was watching Tarzan the Ape Man this morning for the first time in yeeaarrss, i ...( read more)
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January 15, 2008When I was a kid, I just couldn't stand the Tarzan movies. But as I watch them now, I have a new appreciation for them. Sure this movie is far from perfect, but it is still an entertaining watch.
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July 23, 2007really good, yet the lack of sexuallity in it bothers me. 25-30 years in a jungle and finally a woman comes along and what does he do: punch her in the chest, and maybe becomes really nuaghty and grabs her shoulders. Not one bit realistic.
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