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Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

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Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold.

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Johnny Sheffield ...
Boy (as John Sheffield)
Ian Hunter ...
Mr. Lancing
Henry Stephenson ...
Sir Thomas Lancing
Frieda Inescort ...
Mrs. Lancing
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Mr. Sande
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Mrs. Richard Lancing
Morton Lowry ...
Mr. Richard Lancing
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Storyline

A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. Jane agrees, against Tarzan's will, to lead them to civilization. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

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jungle | heir | baby | greed | savage | See more »

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Super Story of a Super Man ! The Titan of all Tarzans . . . Giant of all jungle thrills . . . worth the years it took to make !


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16 June 1939 (USA)  »

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Tarzan in Exile  »

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(Western Electric Sound System)

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(Sepiatone)

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1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Johnny Sheffield claims that he was handpicked by Johnny Weissmuller after screening hundreds of applicants for the role of boy. Weissmuller is also the person who taught Sheffield to swim for the movie. See more »

Goofs

When Jane is feeding milk to the baby, she's also folding diapers in between scenes. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Mr. Richard Lancing: Wildebeest again.
Mrs. Richard Lancing: I think we've seen about a million today.
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Connections

Followed by Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) See more »

Soundtracks

"My Tender One"
(1933) (uncredited)
from Eskimo
Music by William Axt
Played during end credits
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One Of The Better Tarzans
15 December 2006 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

This was another interesting, fast-moving Tarzan film with plenty of action and even a little more humor than normal.

The action scenes are hokey (shots of wild animals on a screen in back of the live actors) and even the background scenery is obviously painted but, hey, it's an old film. That I can put up with, but not the vast amount of "darlings" uttered by "Jane" (Maureen O'Sullivan). That gets really annoying

However, the rest of the film is very entertaining, very good and even very clever at times. The story is about Tarzan and Jane acquired "boy" (Johnny Sheffield) when the latter was five years old.

Overall: entertaining and one of the better Johnny Weissmuller-Tarzan entries.


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