Tarzan's Secret Treasure is a 1941 American adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan and Johnny Sheffield. Based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it is the fifth in the MGM Tarzan series to feature Weissmuller and O'Sullivan.[2] Original prints of the film were processed in sepiatone.[3]
| Tarzan's Secret Treasure | |
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 theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
| Screenplay by | Myles Connolly Paul Gangelin |
| Based on | Characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Produced by | B.P. Fineman |
| Starring | Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan Johnny Sheffield Barry Fitzgerald |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Edited by | Gene Ruggiero |
| Music by | David Snell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Unidentified African language[1] |
The next film in the series would be Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), the last in the series to feature Maureen O'Sullivan, and the last before the series moved to RKO.[4]
Plot
editAn expedition team arrives on Tarzan's escarpment. By chance, the two villainous members Medford and Vandermeer find out that there is plenty of gold on the escarpment. They kidnap Jane and Boy in order to make Tarzan show them the location of the gold. After Tarzan complies, Medford shoots him and mistakenly presumes he is dead. Soon the group is captured by natives, whereupon Tarzan comes to their rescue.
Cast
edit- Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan
- Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane Parker
- Johnny Sheffield as Boy (as John Sheffield)
- Reginald Owen as Professor Elliott
- Barry Fitzgerald as O'Doul
- Tom Conway as Medford
- Philip Dorn as Vandermeer
- Cordell Hickman as Tumbo
- Johnny Eck as Bird (uncredited)
- Everett Brown as Native (uncredited)
References
edit- ^ P. Nochimson, Martha (July 5, 2010). Screen Couple Chemistry: The Power of 2. University of Texas Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0292788008.
- ^ Fury, David (1994). Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television. McFarland & Co. pp. 89–94. ISBN 0-89950-771-9. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Griffin, Scott Tracy (August 2, 2016). Tarzan on film. Titan Books. p. 66. ISBN 978-0857685681.
- ^ "Turner Classic Movies article".
Bibliography
edit- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
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- Tarzan's Secret Treasure at IMDb
- Tarzan's Secret Treasure at the TCM Movie Database
- Tarzan's Secret Treasure at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Tarzan's Secret Treasure history at ERBzine.com
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