I remember going to see this film at our local cinema but I think that it was after 1959 – the year that it is shown as being released. As always I went with some excitement for a new Tarzan film but I have to say how disappointed I was.

It was made by MGM so you would expect it to have a decent budget and production values. This was not the case.

Certain dramatic sequences used the original 1932 Johnny Weismuller version footage and it was quite poorly tinted – certainly not colorised as we see today. It really did look so poor.

Denny Miller to be fair, was OK as Tarzan and he had Joanna Barnes as his ‘Jane’ – she was a good actress and had quite a long career.

The Film Trailer makes it look so thrilling – maybe I have mis-judged it and will have to view it again :-

Tarzan

Tarzan and his friends

Tarzan and Jane enjoy a swim – ABOVE

Tarzan – A PUBLICITY STILL

Tarzan IN ACTION above

The film was made at the same time as another Tarzan film, Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure – although that was filmed at Shepperton Studios in England and Kenya – both being produced by Sy Weintraub. MGM had kept the remake rights to the 1932 Tarzan the Ape Man, enabling them to make this film. The rights to the bulk of the Tarzan stories were owned by Sy Weintraub

I must view this film again