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Tarzan
the Ape Man (1932)
In this first film of the Tarzan series starring Johnny
Weissmuller, directed by W.S. Van Dyke:
- the introduction of ape man Tarzan's (Johnny Weissmuller)
famous trademark jungle call: "aaah-eee-aaah"
as he swung on vines through the tree tops and then peered down at
the explorers
- his abduction of Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan)
- the first appearance of pet chimpanzee Chetah
- the classic introduction scene: "Jane... Tarzan...
Jane... Tarzan..."
- the lion-wrestling scene
- Jane's extended and flirtatious scene - swimming in
a jungle river with Tarzan and floating along in his arms as she
carried on a loving monologue with him
- the attack and capture scene by ferocious pygmies
- Tarzan's jungle call and rescue with stampeding wild
elephants and a fight to the death with a giant gorilla to rescue
Jane
- in the film's final image -- Tarzan and Jane in
the distance running along the top of some huge boulders, and then
standing side by side on a large rock on the hillside waving, as
Tchaikovsky's Theme from Romeo and Juliet played
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