The erotic underwater nude swim (Chapter 10, Side 1) lives up to its reputation as O’Sullivan’s seemingly nude double circles, ensnares and generally seduces a loin-cloth clad Tarzan.
Along for the ride is the original theatrical trailer. The sound, while dated, can still fill the room with enough stampeding elephants, baying lions-and, of course, the expected Tarzan yell and the unexpected Jane “Aieeeeeeeee-o” yell-rejoinder and cry for help. They had to be content watching Weissmuller and O’Sullivan in the skimpiest costumes imaginable.Īll the censored scenes in this crisp black-and-white “Tarzan and His Mate” have been restored, and they are enough to make any audience almost blush. So, few moviegoers in 1934 had a chance to see the uncut “Mate"-a semi-nude swim, topless tribal women and some of the goriest action this side of “King Kong” (also censored). This sequel to the first “Tarzan” was filled with enough adventure, violence and erotic fantasy to keep the Hays Office censors working overtime. Now, the best film in the series, “Tarzan and His Mate” (1934), is out on MGM/UA home video laser disc-and it almost seems to begin with what the original left out. With the alluring, adorable Maureen O’Sullivan at his side as Jane in six of the films, from 1932-42, the pair were unbeatable. The real swinging movie adventurer-Tarzan of the Apes-is back and he’s better than ever.įor most film buffs, there was really only one authentic film Tarzan, played a dozen times by Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller.
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