Tarzan the Ape Man

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Maureen O'Sullivan and Johnny Weissmuller, as Jane and Tarzan, pose closely together in a jungle setting in a black-and-white publicity still from the 1932 film Tarzan the Ape Man.

Tarzan the Ape Man

film by Van Dyke [1932]

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W.S. Van Dyke
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With Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), Van Dyke returned to the African jungle setting, blending unused Trader Horn footage with studio-set work. The action adventure was the first sound film to star Edgar Rice Burrough’s fictional character, and it was a huge box-office success. Tarzan made…
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With Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), Van Dyke returned to the African jungle setting, blending unused Trader Horn footage with studio-set work. The action adventure was the first sound film to star Edgar Rice Burrough’s fictional character, and it was a huge box-office success. Tarzan made…
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Maureen O’Sullivan
…in her first Tarzan adventure, Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932). She also was featured in such motion pictures as The Thin Man (1934), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), A Day at the Races (1937), A Yank at Oxford (1938), and Pride and Prejudice (1940), before appearing in
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…in her first Tarzan adventure, Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932). She also was featured in such motion pictures as The Thin Man (1934), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), A Day at the Races (1937), A Yank at Oxford (1938), and Pride and Prejudice (1940), before appearing in
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