Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) 6.7
Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold. Director:Richard Thorpe |
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) 6.7
Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold. Director:Richard Thorpe |
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| Johnny Weissmuller | ... | ||
| Maureen O'Sullivan | ... | ||
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Johnny Sheffield | ... |
Boy
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| Reginald Owen | ... |
Professor Elliott
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| Barry Fitzgerald | ... |
O'Doul
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Tom Conway | ... |
Medford
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Philip Dorn | ... |
Vandermeer
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Cordell Hickman | ... |
Tumbo
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A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exits on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold. Everyone is captured by wicked natives. Tarzan and his elephants rush to the rescue. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
I love the old Johnny Weissmuller/MGM "Tarzan" movies of the 1930s and 40s. I have them all six of them on laserdisc from the 1990s, but I have to wonder in what form they will arrive on DVD -- if ever? Watching "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" (1941) today I was amazed to hear for the first time, after many viewings, Barry Fitzgerald's O'Doul character refer to a little black native boy as a "pickaninny." In the earlier Tarzan movies the blacks are constantly called "boy" and other derogatory terms and often casually shot by white men for disobeying orders. I'm not sure, but I think there may be a problem with this being released on DVD today, but my point is that I DON'T want to see these films edited in any way. They're time capsules of entertainment from an earlier era, and they should be preserved.