Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

A lot of fun.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The Turner classic version is not the one I remember watching on Saturday mornings as a child but it's just as wonderful, even better! This one includes a nude scene of Tarzan and Jane swimming in the Amazon river! This movie is so ridiculous and so delightful with Tarzan being better than a superhero. Back in the days when women could be "fiercely independent" as well as completely dependent LOL Jand is wonderful and flirtatious. Tarzan is all man ;-). So silly but so great

Anything with Johnny Weissmueller as Tarzan doesn't disappoint and that includes when he first appeared and all things subsequent to that. He was and is the definitive Tarzan even though his character, story lines and adventures can be flawed and dated. It doesn't matter because the spirit of it all is captured quite nicely allowing the imaginations of the viewing audience to do the rest. Normally I would object to the Director taking this approach but back then it helped capture the audience and hold them making them come back for more. I was amazed to see so little clothing on Jane in this film no doubt making it a must see more than once back in the day LOL. Of course today, they have taken nudity to ho-hum heights even perverting it where it becomes distracting and tactless and not entertaining so much. To me, it cheapens the movie going experience and sells short both the viewer and actors. As to the animals in this movie, they religiously obey Tarzan and are literally at his beck & call. He watches over them and they reciprocate quite nicely. In Tarzans element, he is fearless and he should be for nothing in his world threatens him. That's why he hates guns as they allow inferior men to compete in the world of real men. They have a Tarzan collection of all of Johnny's films of which I own and highly recommend too. BTW...he took some of his money and built himself a nice little home with a swimming pool that circles the property. Pictures can be scene online if searched. Man that must have been fun to say the least. Recommend a meal or snack while watching with a tasty drink for maximum enjoyment. Let your inner Tarzan (or Jane) out to play....

The idyllic life of Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) and Jane is challenged by men on safari who come seeking ivory, and come seeking Jane as well.Some sources report Jack Conway directed most of the picture; however Maureen O'Sullivan has said James C. McKay actually directed the film. His official credit on the picture was Animal Director. McKay (1894-1971) had an resume full of various credits, and he jumped back and forth between the jobs of director and editor.Well, whomever directed it, this is a nice sequel to the original and keeps the series going. For most people, this is the definitive Tarzan (though Disney has tried to muscle in). Johnny Weissmuller is still known today (2016) for this role, which is pretty incredible considering how few people probably even watch the films now.

The second of the MGM Tarzan movies should be heralded as one of the finest adventure films in cinematic history. A sequel to Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), it brings back Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan as Tarzan and Jane respectively, and then runs through scene after scene of pre-code and pre-computer effects excellence.Plot line is weak, but it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of entertainment things. Basically greedy ivory hunter Martin Arlington (Paul Cavanagh) and Harry Holt (Neil Hamilton as Jane's one time beau who has lost her to Lord of the Apes) travel into the jungle in search of Mutia Escarpment - the elephant burial grounds. Tarzan and Jane arrive on the scene after 20 minutes of film, which is the cue for Jane to make the two Khaki Fatigue wearing lads hot under the collar, and for Tarzan to literally have to fight for his woman - the animals - and his life!What unfolds in 105 minutes of film is a tale of simmering sexuality, raw animal instincts, brutal battles and some Simian scene stealing. Cedric Gibbons originally directed the picture, well he was there until MGM realised he wasn't up to the task and replaced him with a criminally uncredited Jack Conway, and Conway (The Easiest Way) was just the man to curl the toes of those waiting in the wings at censorship city.OK! The sexy angle is hard to ignore, and why anyone with a pulse would want to is anyone's guess! O'Sullivan is barely covered and Weismuller is in such fine shape he makes me wish I had never discovered booze and junk food! There is rumble in the jungle as Tarzan and Jane go for a swim, as he blows on her hair to wake her up (oh she sleeps in the raw by the way), and as the city boys revel in getting Jane to once again wear a "city" dress. This is just a point of reference to make us aware that the one time city girl has thrown off her sexual inhibitions and gone natural up in the tree tops. And did I mention a sexy silhouette scene? No? Well I have now.So, casting aside the wonderful eroticism of it all, as an action film it's also superb. The technical tools available in the early 1930s are used to the max here, it matters not about dummies being flung about the place, or that men in monkey suits fill in while Cheetah is off having a smoke! Or even that the back projection work will appear crude to the X-Box generation, this is film making craft that enchanted those film lovers queueing at the theatre to see this back in 1934. Watching it now demands the utmost respect and admiration.So, get ready for a native army who during their attacks specialise in firing arrows into the heads of the enemy. For Gorilla's who love to use boulders as weapons. For Tarzan to fight a lion, a crocodile and a rhinoceros. Watch in awe as there is Pachyderm Pandemonium, a pride of lions menacing our Jane, classy chimps proving smarter than your average human, and of course there are high grade gymnastics evident as well.The Hays Code would soon come into play and dilute the Tarzan series, but still being able to see these early MGM Tarzan movies is akin to going to a film museum where only the open minded are invited. Wonderful. 10/10