All old Tarzan movies. Good amusement for another COVID day 
Love the old English double rifles
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Say hi to Johnny Weissmuller for me.
UncleEd
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Hippos and crocs, hippos and crocs, oh the
terror of it all and where did the Pygmies
go? Hey, and where's Jane?
terror of it all and where did the Pygmies
go? Hey, and where's Jane?
JET4
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I thought Johnny was the best out of all the ones that played Tarzan
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I'm not much of Tarzan fan, but you're right, Johnny was the only Tarzan. Sort of like Sean Connery being the only James Bond.
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An '80s take, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, was pretty good.
Tarzan was pretty smart to build all those trapeze swings to get around; much easier than vines.
When all else fails, scream and call the elephants in to trample everyone.
When all else fails, scream and call the elephants in to trample everyone.
Alpo
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Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, or possibly Tarzan's Foreign Legion. One of the last books.
The Tarzan series started prior to World War I. In one of the early books he meets up with a witch doctor who has a pill that will keep you alive forever. And he and Jane and his son and his son's wife and a monkey have been taking these pills for some 30 odd years and have not aged.
This American bomber Crew is carrying this British deadhead - Colonel John Clayton, RAF. The plane gets shot down over the Dutch East Indies, and everyone parachutes to safety. Colonel Clayton throws away his uniform and makes a breechclout out of parachute silk. Throws away his gun but keeps his knife. And when the bomber crew finds him he's up in a tree. The pilot asked him what he's doing up in the tree like some bally Tarzan, and he says that he is Tarzan.
The pilot exclaims, "Say, that's right. Tarzan's real name is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke!"
And one of the gunners - a little guy from Chicago - looks over at the pilot and says, "Dat's Johnny Weissmuller?!?"
The Tarzan series started prior to World War I. In one of the early books he meets up with a witch doctor who has a pill that will keep you alive forever. And he and Jane and his son and his son's wife and a monkey have been taking these pills for some 30 odd years and have not aged.
This American bomber Crew is carrying this British deadhead - Colonel John Clayton, RAF. The plane gets shot down over the Dutch East Indies, and everyone parachutes to safety. Colonel Clayton throws away his uniform and makes a breechclout out of parachute silk. Throws away his gun but keeps his knife. And when the bomber crew finds him he's up in a tree. The pilot asked him what he's doing up in the tree like some bally Tarzan, and he says that he is Tarzan.
The pilot exclaims, "Say, that's right. Tarzan's real name is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke!"
And one of the gunners - a little guy from Chicago - looks over at the pilot and says, "Dat's Johnny Weissmuller?!?"
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Grayfox
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When I was a kid, one of the local TV stations played one of those old Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies every Saturday afternoon. I'll bet I've seen 'em all about 100 times.
DWalt
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It has already been shown this morning, so it’s now too late to watch, but Tarzan and His Mate (1934) has the famous two-minute underwater swim scene with Maureen O’Sullivan as Jane completely nude. Well, at least her body double is. Interesting factoid - Maureen O’Sullivan was Mia Farrow’s mother.
The late Jim Williamson (Texas Star) knew every jungle movie script by heart.
She'd have been better off sticking with raising Cheetah.
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Beemerguy53
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One of my all-time favorite movie scenes is from Tarzan's New York Adventure...
Tarzan is riding in a taxicab to go rescue Boy, who's been kidnapped and put in a circus. The radio is on in the taxi, and an opera is playing.
As the singer hits her highest notes, Tarzan leans over the front seat of the cab, points to the dash, and declares...
"Woman sick...cry for witch doctor!"
Tarzan is riding in a taxicab to go rescue Boy, who's been kidnapped and put in a circus. The radio is on in the taxi, and an opera is playing.
As the singer hits her highest notes, Tarzan leans over the front seat of the cab, points to the dash, and declares...
"Woman sick...cry for witch doctor!"
OP
DWalt
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I could never understand that. Maybe it was just a case of temporary insanity.That is funny!
What do you think frank Sinatra saw in her for a brief period?
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UncleEd
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Is it
Umgawa?
Or is it
Ungawa?
Umgawa?
Or is it
Ungawa?
DWalt
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Ungawa is an amorphous word with no specific meaning, so there is no correct or incorrect spelling. It was later given several creative but artificial definitions after its use was established in the Tarzan movies. Sort of like SHAZAM (which was, at least originally, an acronym for six Greek Gods who gave Captain Marvel his super powers).
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Yeah, sure he did.
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I think I've read that that scene was initially cut from the movie as too racy for public consumption. I do know that, um, persons with interest have been known to search and find it on YouTube...
DWalt
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Under the new production code of that time, the underwater nude scene was cut for the theatrical release. Apparently Ted Turner found an original master print from which it was not cut, and that is the one shown on TCM. You can see the entire scene on the TCM website.
Before the 1934 code, many movies were becoming fairly raunchy for that time. They wouldn’t be for today.
