GORDON SCOTT VS SEAN CONNERY 'TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeiUtXKTKFmFBPTwU6F7uYIvgEuKPv3zEi0wwhAhS9OU6l8MAG_y2JBkogvZUG9tOJXzvvLgFTey91KgkZss1Uet37fDbuhkIK_5Wpg4Ucy1EYHCYJ1n-FG9bWB_h7Vkllo6o0LCcwBBCnsSxivJU7qLt3J3preaxEczFL40fEzFpKEepSdS7rLxvkVsH/s2438/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-27%20at%205.00.19%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeiUtXKTKFmFBPTwU6F7uYIvgEuKPv3zEi0wwhAhS9OU6l8MAG_y2JBkogvZUG9tOJXzvvLgFTey91KgkZss1Uet37fDbuhkIK_5Wpg4Ucy1EYHCYJ1n-FG9bWB_h7Vkllo6o0LCcwBBCnsSxivJU7qLt3J3preaxEczFL40fEzFpKEepSdS7rLxvkVsH/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-27%20at%205.00.19%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sean Connery in TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE Year: 1959 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>John Guillerman's TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE has a grainy aesthetic so that, unlike so many of producer Sy Weintraub's 1950's/1960's Tarzan flicks, it seamlessly matches the inserted shots of wildlife stock footage... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>From Gordon Scott's Tarzan nodding at crocodiles to pointing out a random predator/prey chase to beautiful (crash landed) pilot Sara Shane... then lecturing on how nature only kills for itself while humans kill for other reasons...  </p><span></span>

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GORDON SCOTT VS SEAN CONNERY 'TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE'

Sean Connery in TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE Year: 1959 Rating: **** John Guillerman's TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE has a grainy a...

GORDON SCOTT VS JOCK MAHONEY 'TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT'

<p></p><p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL1onM9d5ymbkQjaYGtAKogGuO3mECjMijeVE_H2Dp2_lLtqtYoxLlDg1ZRY_wDmdaVvKHxlqMcWf-HWHVZyfL2093wDYz3kqW_3X6lfkKGC8MCw9oLL3Zhtrr8bBqZGiyp4h2x3tec1SU0F7G49M3tcilZgLhTekHiShwtV-B6yYXXg1tQHL3al4oWyM/s1502/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-30%20at%2010.51.42%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1502" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL1onM9d5ymbkQjaYGtAKogGuO3mECjMijeVE_H2Dp2_lLtqtYoxLlDg1ZRY_wDmdaVvKHxlqMcWf-HWHVZyfL2093wDYz3kqW_3X6lfkKGC8MCw9oLL3Zhtrr8bBqZGiyp4h2x3tec1SU0F7G49M3tcilZgLhTekHiShwtV-B6yYXXg1tQHL3al4oWyM/w400-h305/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-30%20at%2010.51.42%20AM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1960 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT is mostly known for, in the following film, having the villain, Jock Mahoney, replace Gordon Scott in the Tarzan role... but it's really a cross between the John Ford Western STAGECOACH... with Tarzan traveling with a group of bickering characters... and William Shakespeare's family-quarrel saga KING LEAR... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Enter the criminal clan, with patriarch John Carradine but it's oldest son Mahoney really in charge: he led a local store robbery and, captured by Tarzan, is being brought to authorities for the reward money to help a native village... All while his vengeful father and brooding brothers (including LOLITA actor Gary Cockrell) are on their trail and, along with Tarzan's group there's a great cast including Lionel Jeffries as a jealous husband, whose wife has a thing for the captured heavy yet MAGNIFICENT is a mostly hi/miss adventure that relies on random bursts of action while the characters (far too many here) never really gel... Leaving Scott's final TARZAN role more a whimper than bang until a QUIET MAN style fist-fight with Mahoney that should have not only happened sooner... but a lot more throughout. </p><span></span>

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GORDON SCOTT VS JOCK MAHONEY 'TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT'

Year: 1960 Rating: **1/2 TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT is mostly known for, in the following film, having the villain, Jock Mahoney, replace Gordo...

JOCK MAHONEY VS WOODY STRODE 'TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5KTPwatMdzAC6Ws0OUcZvLO9Kv3oB0m_CbQnhlCO8vQeQrTt0Jypp2-rJL7TzkUn8NpdklYQMliYqybBNQWApijWvTaV_iIe46NwjypQ6WGuZQUTkezB_wdoHUEFx58EOg2UVhSMchzSeH-EW8ERd7CRh3Q5Ba3kc6EXf6zm2CLvRwp1tnn0Gm9AoAmg/s950/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-14%20at%209.46.57%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5KTPwatMdzAC6Ws0OUcZvLO9Kv3oB0m_CbQnhlCO8vQeQrTt0Jypp2-rJL7TzkUn8NpdklYQMliYqybBNQWApijWvTaV_iIe46NwjypQ6WGuZQUTkezB_wdoHUEFx58EOg2UVhSMchzSeH-EW8ERd7CRh3Q5Ba3kc6EXf6zm2CLvRwp1tnn0Gm9AoAmg/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-14%20at%209.46.57%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES Year: 1963 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There's a TARZAN curse when you look into the actors: Johnny Weismuller was golfing in Cuba during the Castro takeover, and decades later ended up doing his Tarzan call throughout the lonely corridors of an old folk's home; Lex Barker died middle-aged before marrying a younger woman; Mike Henry was bitten by a chimp and suffered from monkey fever; and far worst of all, Ron Ely hosted <i>Name That Tune</i> with Kathie Lee Gifford...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>At least Gordon Scott turned out okay, but his replacement in actor/stuntman Jock Mahoney... after getting through TARZAN GOES TO INDIA without trouble... dared to swim across a giant, extremely polluted Thailand river and caught amoebic dysentery, never gaining back complete strength for future stunt or acting roles...</p><p><span></span></p>

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JOCK MAHONEY VS WOODY STRODE 'TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES'

Title: TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES Year: 1963 Rating: **1/2 There's a TARZAN curse when you look into the actors: Johnny Weismuller wa...

JOCK MAHONEY IN JOHN GUILLERMAN'S 'TARZAN GOES TO INDIA'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1QR74OLqHaqDddYTGW88JguHLHWu6LDRc-kvzjMPQtlDssgzWxGoTy6hvPP8EW82hl_AabeJxZjrGH6T3CLO0sM8W9p0JZSBogtGb-AaKWFTWu0rSwhHtJ1BIlq1tp8pVTbzYmsDYHBV1FrHB5Xgr8t5-affbVxB-bsFPjJr2LIhyDAMwozXzIYtmMcN/s1504/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1QR74OLqHaqDddYTGW88JguHLHWu6LDRc-kvzjMPQtlDssgzWxGoTy6hvPP8EW82hl_AabeJxZjrGH6T3CLO0sM8W9p0JZSBogtGb-AaKWFTWu0rSwhHtJ1BIlq1tp8pVTbzYmsDYHBV1FrHB5Xgr8t5-affbVxB-bsFPjJr2LIhyDAMwozXzIYtmMcN/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jock Mahoney in TARZAN GOES TO INDIA Year: 1962 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After actor/stuntman Jock Mahoney played the villain to Gordon Scott's Tarzan in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT, he was chosen to portray the swinging ape-man himself, a bit older, more sinewy than muscular and facially resembling former Tarzan (who Scott replaced) Lex Barker...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here against several villains, beginning with formidable Leo Gordon as a foreman on a vast desert construction site (foreshadowing Tanis from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK)... An infamous elephant hunter, he threatens to kill any wildlife that could hinder the work — unless Tarzan and his boy sidekick... with a trained pet elephant... saves the day...</p><p><span></span></p>

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JOCK MAHONEY IN JOHN GUILLERMAN'S 'TARZAN GOES TO INDIA'

Jock Mahoney in TARZAN GOES TO INDIA Year: 1962 Rating: *** After actor/stuntman Jock Mahoney played the villain to Gordon Scott's Tarza...

MIKE HENRY IN THE ESPIONAGE 'TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8kOLvAbp-o-FuAb7RBVdq8CgUeuApqGvipLbI63lUxXMHqKJxEBoQrj3xGCE_q0MYpGb-wEonbyet6pjScENMij3YIOkVEGeie8wCxQ0h_dBH7UxaF17WudtxLhxTLrn_EYfjRov1M2oqcZ5I_m8sWnvCQbxlZcA5noh21N-VYKMLzMy3Prl0_h5pPka/s1220/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-08%20at%205.51.28%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8kOLvAbp-o-FuAb7RBVdq8CgUeuApqGvipLbI63lUxXMHqKJxEBoQrj3xGCE_q0MYpGb-wEonbyet6pjScENMij3YIOkVEGeie8wCxQ0h_dBH7UxaF17WudtxLhxTLrn_EYfjRov1M2oqcZ5I_m8sWnvCQbxlZcA5noh21N-VYKMLzMy3Prl0_h5pPka/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-08%20at%205.51.28%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD Year: 1966 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>You can tell that TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD is imitating/emulating the popular mid-1960's James Bond franchise by the opening credits alone, with a vibrant, jazzy score and psychedelic colors tracing what winds up the opening scene's empty bullfight arena, with Mike Henry's usually scantily-clad hero actually dressed-up in a dapper business suit for a duck-and-cover shootout...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Winding up in another (filmed entirely in) Mexico location full of gorgeous pyramids where David Opatoshu as Vinero attempts taking over, more like a Bond villain than Tarzan's a spy, eventually trading his civilian clothes for the signature loin-cloth framing a ripped/muscular build, the usual Tarzan template from Johnny Weissmuller to Lex Barker to Jock Mahoney leading to the USC Trojan football star's acting breakthrough... <br></p><span></span>

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MIKE HENRY IN THE ESPIONAGE 'TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD'

Title: TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD Year: 1966 Rating: ***1/2 You can tell that TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD is imitating/emulating the po...

MIKE HENRY VS RAFER JOHNSON IN 'TARZAN AND THE GREAT RIVER'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPCyJN6YJDVQ1o8gysm9mcpskV6NZoHCsCy-2yyKy7ckIL1ctD-Hs4VsGb4RTxR-Q7-imdOtk8IGKXqfVSS0gay8f0T0MPKjQru9eW1x6GNRnzxDFMshHzxSF-UoTpgHmcRdKi0ltuAmeKJwdz8ezLdbJ2iF0GGZPunZCkP712fUcE8yyh_dM0H8xPdsH/s1538/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-10%20at%2010.10.47%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPCyJN6YJDVQ1o8gysm9mcpskV6NZoHCsCy-2yyKy7ckIL1ctD-Hs4VsGb4RTxR-Q7-imdOtk8IGKXqfVSS0gay8f0T0MPKjQru9eW1x6GNRnzxDFMshHzxSF-UoTpgHmcRdKi0ltuAmeKJwdz8ezLdbJ2iF0GGZPunZCkP712fUcE8yyh_dM0H8xPdsH/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-10%20at%2010.10.47%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: TARZAN AND THE GREAT RIVER Year: 1967 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The previous years' TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD had the jungle-traipsing hero in a suit with a handgun, competing with the James Bond franchise and, in TARZAN AND THE GREAT RIVER, supposedly taking place in the Amazon instead of Africa, they're back to the jungle: although there <i>is</i> one rudimentary scene with Mike Henry's muscular yet monotone Tarzan wearing civilian clothes...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mostly though, the story's centered so much on a maverick boat captain... played by game-show-host Jan Murray with child-actor Manuel Padilla Jr his first-mate sidekick... that GREAT RIVER is more like an attempt to spinoff another franchise from Tarzan... who mostly stands around giving <i>both</i> the captain and kid advice on growing up... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

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MIKE HENRY VS RAFER JOHNSON IN 'TARZAN AND THE GREAT RIVER'

Title: TARZAN AND THE GREAT RIVER Year: 1967 Rating: **1/2 The previous years' TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD had the jungle-traipsing he...

MIKE HENRY FINISHING WITH 'TARZAN AND THE JUNGLE BOY'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x67yJU2SP0-xXJfCmSKw__UqSQOIb3rcJRzY1XOvuf6r7aRCKTMB7eW9ae8rB6ecnCJ4ZJIbWRdod2pD0n7unY4gf4FjGZ5mLLavXcqBZHtVbVrcE7Ha-AjVEQpX2R42b9U6qhhA789CBpBjivBTu3V9kebdgg-08OcJ9MfMGNCPWi_mxg9JKgH5Mh5a/s1504/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-10%20at%2010.44.27%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x67yJU2SP0-xXJfCmSKw__UqSQOIb3rcJRzY1XOvuf6r7aRCKTMB7eW9ae8rB6ecnCJ4ZJIbWRdod2pD0n7unY4gf4FjGZ5mLLavXcqBZHtVbVrcE7Ha-AjVEQpX2R42b9U6qhhA789CBpBjivBTu3V9kebdgg-08OcJ9MfMGNCPWi_mxg9JKgH5Mh5a/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-10%20at%2010.44.27%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Mike Henry in Aliza Gur in TARZAN AND THE JUNGLE BOY Year: 1968 Rates: **</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>By 1968, when the third and final Mike Henry TARZAN movie hit theaters, the television series starring Ron Ely and Mike's former sidekick Manual Padilla Jr had already almost run its course, because TARZAN AND THE JUNGLE BOY was made in 1965 and shelved for three years...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Beginning like Edgar Rice Burroughs' original story since the titular JUNGLE BOY was abandoned and raised there, so Tarzan can surely relate... only it's the villain's brother, literally played by returning actor Rafer Johnson's lookalike sibling Edward Johnson, who searches for and eventually rescues the kid... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

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MIKE HENRY FINISHING WITH 'TARZAN AND THE JUNGLE BOY'

Mike Henry in Aliza Gur in TARZAN AND THE JUNGLE BOY Year: 1968 Rates: ** By 1968, when the third and final Mike Henry TARZAN movie hit thea...

LEX BARKER & BRENDA JOYCE IN 'TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyvaxXCIJUVg3jrb16SxAV7EVVl8JHkZ57JCf2nrnjnSoSMh031mUvQ0n5eF1iWtLwxPFNIYMcVuRtYEL3RY5LYPC0Q52abhof-V0XEiE61qdCqizoL_LJDU7UNUzoDD6a5_tHQssh_qCc4OtqUyi5FLoInCQTr_JDJEnhmBSYinHlCIoHwoi5dIK1LQ=s774" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="774" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyvaxXCIJUVg3jrb16SxAV7EVVl8JHkZ57JCf2nrnjnSoSMh031mUvQ0n5eF1iWtLwxPFNIYMcVuRtYEL3RY5LYPC0Q52abhof-V0XEiE61qdCqizoL_LJDU7UNUzoDD6a5_tHQssh_qCc4OtqUyi5FLoInCQTr_JDJEnhmBSYinHlCIoHwoi5dIK1LQ=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN Year: 1949 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Johnny Weissmuller's replacement was Lex Barker, and his first turn as the King of the Jungle, TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN, is a sleight-of-hand, keeping the same actress for Jane, who was a replacement for Maureen O'Sullivan in a wide-smiled Brenda Joyce, so the viewer could close their eyes and imagine Johnny's still in the role...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>However Lex was a good fit despite MAGIC FOUNTAIN dragging after the most intriguing aspects in the first half, where a female aviator turns up after having vanished for decades, and is still a beautiful twenty instead of fifty... </p><p><span></span></p>

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LEX BARKER & BRENDA JOYCE IN 'TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN'

Title: TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN Year: 1949 Rating: **1/2 Johnny Weissmuller's replacement was Lex Barker, and his first turn as the K...

LEX BARKER IN 'TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL' W/ RAYMOND BURR

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4BeNtJKg-9EANNHu7z5XC1fLeywKPPHhd2DXVP9z3f9I4fbKF1zEWz_KiW1oC8CTanemN4ryy4ABsT408m9Dq7v8TqYm5gwb67Eca7zpKIg-bIkyX7w6sLlQofkXXQP4CTJFgpv4HKHEZ2GEiFrnYzaQ1Js5pCcCTtYTJpXCluXm7cF2ErapZ9PPZkw=s886" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="886" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4BeNtJKg-9EANNHu7z5XC1fLeywKPPHhd2DXVP9z3f9I4fbKF1zEWz_KiW1oC8CTanemN4ryy4ABsT408m9Dq7v8TqYm5gwb67Eca7zpKIg-bIkyX7w6sLlQofkXXQP4CTJFgpv4HKHEZ2GEiFrnYzaQ1Js5pCcCTtYTJpXCluXm7cF2ErapZ9PPZkw=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1953 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL is both the last and best of the Lex Barker as Tarzan RKO programmers, but the title is misleading since would-be titular fatale Monique van Vooren as Lyra is actually/ultimately nice and helpful, and for only an instant gives Jane, here played by bombshell-next-door Joyce Mackenzie, some competition, after Jane strikes back by telling Tarzan that she found Lyra's employee, Vargo, attractive... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Enter Raymond Burr as an elephant-hunting ivory merchant, who, with the help thug Michael Granger and aided by Lyra's partner in classy, morally ambiguous Tom Conway, captures Tarzan while making him think Jane's dead... all for his skills for calling elephants so they don't have to hunt them...</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdyrrCqIMqq-L9pDR16EhI9FDDAxuO7II8F_UJ5mZ9qSYC-VOu0A0zCsTBtQSUhqfy_KqNDjXRY96HAz2waVi6J8sFm6OsQcWRtXMXSSfVNLFXqfuueMj2PR3n9IjbqQ86GdNSYtCJ-YmswF9smCv-9QofA-d4zCP9xtPbgqTTHaTAb4OHMmmdx8D5vA=s1548" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdyrrCqIMqq-L9pDR16EhI9FDDAxuO7II8F_UJ5mZ9qSYC-VOu0A0zCsTBtQSUhqfy_KqNDjXRY96HAz2waVi6J8sFm6OsQcWRtXMXSSfVNLFXqfuueMj2PR3n9IjbqQ86GdNSYtCJ-YmswF9smCv-9QofA-d4zCP9xtPbgqTTHaTAb4OHMmmdx8D5vA=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Monique van Vooren as Lyra in Tarzan and the She-Devil with Raymond Burr</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The plot's simple and the action occurs in effective pockets in-between, with very little downtime (Cheetah, meanwhile, steals the show when traipsing alone through the jungle); which is an added bonus given that Barker Tarzan flicks can both drag and get overly complicated, plot-wise...</p><p></p><p>But what makes this one tick is how evil Burr is in jungle-occupying scenes countered by the heartbroken Tarzan... If only Brussels beauty van Vorren would only live up to the kind of seduction an actress of her type's born to do. Either way, overall, SHE-DEVIL would've been more properly named HE-POACHER. <br></p><span></span>

action, adventure, barker tarzan, fifties, franchise, lex barker, mara corday, michael granger, raymond burr, tarzan, tom conway, warner archives

LEX BARKER IN 'TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL' W/ RAYMOND BURR

Year: 1953 Rating: ***1/2 TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL is both the last and best of the Lex Barker as Tarzan RKO programmers, but the title is m...

TARZAN BEGINS AGAIN IN THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vt76aMY8Sg0bxH7Hbh0iuvTcoiNv02S0SXdqwrFHZ8DGNLasYEwJnxB16y_lMJh7rkiiOw7a0uFsA7wIO0yNz4LPRRtZ1-P93w9C1mrryZJf0hJR9osUNKvZ7Qf_0rhkwgkRN7_ux4w/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-07-15+at+12.27.15+AM.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vt76aMY8Sg0bxH7Hbh0iuvTcoiNv02S0SXdqwrFHZ8DGNLasYEwJnxB16y_lMJh7rkiiOw7a0uFsA7wIO0yNz4LPRRtZ1-P93w9C1mrryZJf0hJR9osUNKvZ7Qf_0rhkwgkRN7_ux4w/s320/Screen+Shot+2016-07-15+at+12.27.15+AM.png" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sam Jackson watches Tarzan run </u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Edgar Rice Burroughs' second TARZAN novel was THE RETURN OF TARZAN, and while this movie, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, is in no way inspired by or based upon that particular title, the same template exists: We all know about the Lord of the Jungle and since this is basically a comeback for the iconic character, why not start out with his need to... to quote The Beatles... "Get back to where you once belonged"?<br> <br> But Tarzan, holed up in his British Estate and going by his born name, John Clayton, doesn't quite feel the jungle-fever as much as his wife, Jane, played by the beautiful Margot Robie, who wants her old life in Africa back, and so her persuasiveness has to make up for Alexander Skarsgård's lack of emotion, or any pulse. Along for the ride (and to further help the wooden lead) is a token comic relief in Samuel L. Jackson, working for President Harrison to thwart a possible slave trade going on while speaking in a modern jive that doesn't fit the 1800's...<br>

2016, action, christoph waltz, franchise, margot robie, samuel l. jackson, tarzan

TARZAN BEGINS AGAIN IN THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

Sam Jackson watches Tarzan run Edgar Rice Burroughs' second TARZAN novel was THE RETURN OF TARZAN, and while this movie, THE LEGEND ...

GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2wXC75-4dbretcqPR2e9gG4NBoC1NWjqtRJUhrDppPU9y8yH0HxInNSTRNHfPlWWdOjhSuZHyHRCLLTBtCjM6iGPJe1E-R41CdcWNM2yOXnA_O-WabCloIT6iEyPCfwb2INN6Hw5crRA/s1600/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes-w1280.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685436799504162498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2wXC75-4dbretcqPR2e9gG4NBoC1NWjqtRJUhrDppPU9y8yH0HxInNSTRNHfPlWWdOjhSuZHyHRCLLTBtCjM6iGPJe1E-R41CdcWNM2yOXnA_O-WabCloIT6iEyPCfwb2INN6Hw5crRA/s400/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes-w1280.jpg" style="float: right; height: 400px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 225px;" width="180" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1984 rating: **</td></tr> </tbody></table> While being a more faithful rendition of Tarzan, the ape lord created by Edgar Rice Burroughs turned into an endearing airhead in older films, the brooding saga, made by CHARIOTS OF FIRE director Hugh Hudson, ultimately misses the vine.<br /> <br /> The prologue introduces us to the gorillas in their African jungle habitat during a volcanic eruption, seeming like a creation of sorts. The simians (created by Rick Baker) are esthetically pleasing but all their screams get annoying, and they never feel like characters to invest time in.<br /> <br /> The humans in England are a bit more deserving our attention… Ralph Richardson, in his final screen role, plays the Earl of Greystoke: consisting of a giant mansion sprawled along a plush countryside. His son Jack, discontented with easy living, takes his wife to Africa where, after a shipwreck (that we unfortunately never witness) is stranding in the jungle and… Let’s cut to the chase: the parents die and their infant is raised by apes. The scenes with the young Tarzan (who’s never referred to as such) are wonderful looking, but the <span style="font-style: italic;">coming-of-ape</span> montage cuts so sporadically we never feel he’s in any danger, nor is an effective kinship established with his new parental figures. He grows to be Christopher Lambert, with narrowed eyes and swiftly cunning agility, but he seems more posing the role than performing it.<br /> <br /> Eventually Tarzan aka John Clayton is taken by Ian Holm, the surviving member of a massacred hunting party – after much too easy tutoring lessons to make him more human – to be with his grandfather in England. Here’s where a real story could have sunk in... but the scenes skip around so much it's like half a film – and a long one at that. As Lambert makes noises like lions, and leaps around bedrooms like an ape, it often feels more parody than serious; and Andie McDowell's dubbed voice (by Glenn Close) is preposterously distracting.<br /> <br /> All in all, our titular hero’s never successfully established as the lord of the jungle or a man trying to find his place in England. Even Ian Holm tells Clayton to realize he’s human in order to fit into the jungle or civilization. Too bad for the audience he never really does.

christopher lambert, eighties, glenn close, hugh hudson, ian holm, robert towne, tarzan

GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES

year: 1984 rating: ** While being a more faithful rendition of Tarzan, the ape lord created by Edgar Rice Burroughs turned into an endea...