Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)

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Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film) is a classic pre-Code adventure movie that introduced Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and helped establish the character’s enduring cinematic legacy.

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instanceOf film
basedOn Tarzan of the Apes NERFINISHED
The Return of Tarzan NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Edgar Rice Burroughs NERFINISHED
blackAndWhite true
character Harry Holt NERFINISHED
James Parker NERFINISHED
Jane Parker NERFINISHED
Tarzan NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Harold Rosson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director W. S. Van Dyke NERFINISHED
distributedInFormat theatrical film
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Tom Held NERFINISHED
era pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Jane NERFINISHED
Tarzan NERFINISHED
filmingLocation California, United States
surface form: California

Culver City NERFINISHED
genre adventure
romance
hasSequel Tarzan and His Mate NERFINISHED
leadActorRole Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan
Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane Parker NERFINISHED
musicBy William Axt NERFINISHED
notableFor first appearance of Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan
first appearance of Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane in the Tarzan series
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Tarzan film series NERFINISHED
portraysFictionalJungleSetting African jungle
producer Bernard H. Hyman NERFINISHED
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1932-03-25
releaseYear 1932
runtimeMinutes 100
screenwriter Cyril Hume NERFINISHED
Ivor Novello NERFINISHED
setIn Africa NERFINISHED
sourceMaterialFranchise Tarzan NERFINISHED
starring C. Aubrey Smith NERFINISHED
Doris Lloyd NERFINISHED
Johnny Weissmuller NERFINISHED
Maureen O'Sullivan NERFINISHED
Neil Hamilton NERFINISHED
title Tarzan the Ape Man NERFINISHED

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C. Aubrey Smith notableWork Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)
Tarzan films includesFilm Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)
Neil Hamilton appearedIn Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)