Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Lee Sholem

Writers:

Arnold Belgard (writer)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters)

Release Date:

21 August 1950 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

Tarzan avenges stolen jungle slave-brides!

Plot:

The Lionians are a tribe dying of a mysterious disease. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola...

Plot Keywords:

Tarzan | Sequel | Bare Chested Male | Character Name In Title

Cast

Lex Barker	...	Tarzan
Vanessa Brown	...	Jane
Robert Alda	...	Neil
Hurd Hatfield	...	Prince of the Lionians
Arthur Shields	...	Dr. E.E. Campbell
Anthony Caruso	...	Sengo (as Tony Caruso)
Denise Darcel	...	Lola
Robert Warwick	...	High Priest

Also Known As:

Tarzan and the Jungle Queen (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Norway:7 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sol Lesser Productions

Quotes:

Lola: [callling for Tarzan] Tarzan!
Tarzan: Lola call.
Jane: When Lola call, Tarzan run.
Tarzan: Jane run, too.
Jane: [jealous] Yeah, Jane run, too!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

It's Tarzan, what do you expect?

Watching this Tarzan movie can be a multi-cultural experience. Tarzan and Jane are of English extraction living in Africa, which as usual looks more like a South American rain forest. One of the native tribes here is black, but others look more like South Pacific islanders, or just bronzed Caucasians. There's an Irish doctor who is assisted by a feisty Latin nurse. The tribe that's capturing slaves has a culture that looks vaguely Egyptian, but they're building a temple that is more Mayan with the help of Indian elephants, which respond to Tarzan's famous yell just like the African ones. Finally, the captured slave girls resemble Veronica Lake or Linda Darnell and dress like Dorothy Lamour.

Of course, everyone knows what they're getting with a Tarzan movie, which are not examples of cultural, geographical or political correctness. Lex Barker in the title role is almost interchangeable with Johnny Weissmuller. Vanessa Brown, in her only appearance as Jane, is lovely but might seem a bit too young and dainty for some tastes, though she does handle herself pretty well in a fight with Lola the nurse. If you're ever overcome with a wave of nostalgia you may want to watch this.