Tarzan's Revenge (1938)

Eleanor and her parents are hunting big game, acompanied by her wimpish fiance. Ben lleu Bey wants to add her to his 100-woman harem. Tarzan wants her too.

Director:

D. Ross Lederman

Writers:

Robert Lee Johnson (screen play), Jay Vann (screen play)

Stars:

Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, George Barbier

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Glenn Morris	...	Tarzan
Eleanor Holm	...	Eleanor Reed
George Barbier	...	Roger Reed
C. Henry Gordon	...	Ben Alleu Bey
Hedda Hopper	...	Penny Reed
Joe Sawyer	...	Olaf Punch (as Joseph Sawyer)
George Meeker	...	Nevin Potter
Corbet Morris	...	Jigger - Nevin's Servant
John Lester Johnson	...	Koki - Chief Bearer
Frederick Clarke	...	Ben Alleu's Servant

Storyline

Eleanor and her parents are hunting big game, acompanied by her wimpish fiance. Ben lleu Bey wants to add her to his 100-woman harem. Tarzan wants her too.

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Plot Keywords:

1930s | tarzan character | psychotronic film | bare chested male fighting | man wearing a loincloth | 

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Taglines:

TARZAN CALLS AGAIN...and new thrills sweep the jungle wilds!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 January 1938 (USA)

Also Known As:

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan's Revenge

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sol Lesser Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bill Elliott (uncredited as the river boat captain) later became known as Wild Bill Elliott in a series of westerns for Republic and Allied Artists.

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Goofs

While Tarzan is showing Eleanor his vine skills, there are two short scenes of an Asian elephant in the jungle. The Asian elephant is only indigenous to Asia and is not found in Africa.

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Quotes

Roger Reed: [to Eleanor] Yes, sir, i'm going to take back to Evansville a bunch og rare animals that'll make the New York Zoo look like a hicksville proposition.

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Alternate Versions

According to the book "Tarzan of the Movies," an unauthorized Turkish release of this film years later had a Turkish actor's face superimposed over Glenn Morris' in some scenes.

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Connections

Featured in The O'Reilly Factor: Episode dated 1 July 2008 (2008)

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Soundtracks

In the Depths
(1924) (uncredited)
Music by Nem Herkan

User Reviews

Not The Worst Tarzan Film

Despite its reputation as being among the worst of the Tarzan films, this largely forgotten attempt to challenge the established MGM series of Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan is really no worse than any of the later Tarzan movies of the 1940s and 1950s (not surprising since Sol Lesser, who later took over the series after MGM abandoned the series produced this) in terms of silly plot, laughable stereotypes etc. The real reason why the film gets it's bad reputation is because of Glen Morris, the 1936 Decathlon champion, who makes for a very unconvincing Tarzan with a goofy expression and his awkward way of saying his only two words in the whole script ("Tarzan!" and "Good!"). The later movies at least have more convincing Tarzans. Morris learned his lesson and never tried acting again (I shudder to think of what might have happened had Yankees legend Lou Gehrig embarrassed himself by being in this film, as he had been Lesser's first choice).

By contrast, Olympic swimming legend Eleanor Holm fares much better. Like Morris, she had no experience for the part other than her athletic fame but she seems to at least be having a good time like the first prize winner on amateur night, showing off some spunk as Tarzan's eventual mate (keeping her own name Eleanor, rather than being called Jane), and also looking quite lovely in a bathing suit. If anything, she comes off as better than any of the women who followed Maureen O'Sullivan in the part of Jane and it would have been interesting to see her in other Tarzan films.