Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 film starring johnny weismuller and nancy kelly. Kruger often exploited his respectable, sophisticated veneer to play villainous roles, such as the solid citizencumnazi ringleader in hitchcocks saboteur 1942. When the movie was released in france after the war, the french version. A wan, sickly infant, johnny s health and physical stamina was beefed up by a strict exercise regimen supervised by his father. While attending the university of michigan and columbia university, kruger switched his field of interest from music to acting. This clip was taken from a documentary called tarzan at the movies 1996 and the enjoyment of the trailer is marred by the narrators commentary. In tarzans desert mystery, released at the height of the war in 1943, he is once again battling brownshirts in the libyan desert.
With jane still away for the war effort, tarzan and boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an american messenger, nazi spies, and the mysterious desert s treacherous fauna and flora. In the onscreen credits, the title card reads edgar rice burroughs tarzans desert mystery. Weissmuller was reunited with two of his three costars from several of. With jane still away for the war effort, tarzan and boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an american messenger, nazi spies, and the mysterious deserts treacherous fauna and flora. I had heard good things about this andor triumphs so i was anxious to see this one a first time. Tarzan s desert mystery rko radio, 1943, directed by wilhelm thiele, the eighth installment to the long running adventure series starring johnny weissmuller as the jungle hero, the second under the rko radio banner, and the only time during weissmuller s 16 years in the titled role to have two releases in the same year. Tarzan and boy set out across the desert looking for the plants and wind up ruining a germans. Child star johnny sheffield was the son of british actor reginald sheffield, himself a former juvenile performer he played the title role in the 19 cinemazation of david copperfield. Tarzans desert mystery is rko studios second venture into tarzan cinema with johnny weissmuller playing the apeman. A letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzan s help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Please read this this video was uploaded to youtube specifically to embed in my web page about this film. The working title of this film was tarzan and the sheik.
Since that time, he has kept busy with theatrical work in the san francisco area, only occasionally returning to films. With johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, otto kruger. In the film tarzan triumphs, the plot had the ape man fighting nazis in africa. Starring richard yesteranjose luis ayestaran as tarzan. Tarzans main job is to look good in the loin cloth and he is very, very good at that. Original prints of the film were processed in sepiatone the next film in the series would be tarzans new york adventure 1942, the last in the series to feature maureen o. Edgar rice burroughs tarzans desert mystery, tarzan against the sahara, tarzan and the sheik. Mystery film about a man sent into a southern town to stir up race riots. She appeared in only two more films, one of which was the screen version of the bad seed film, 1956, the play for which shed won her tony award.
Rent tarzan triumphs tarzans desert mystery 1943 film for free as part of our trial offer. According to materials contained in the film s file in the mpaapca. Tarzan and boy set out across the desert looking for the plants and wind up ruining a germans attempt to capture a wild horse. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 johnny weissmuller in tarzans desert. Tarzan s desert mystery 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. With her film work drying up she returned to the stage and won a tony award and two sarah siddons best actress awards. The combination of director william thiele and writer carroll young who had made tarzan triumphs a fastpaced action drama now managed to produced one of the weakest of weissmullers 12.
Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 american tarzan film directed by wilhelm thiele and starring johnny weissmuller and nancy kelly. Pierce in the role of tarzan, adapting the novel tarzan of the apes in 77 installments, airing three times each week, on monday, wednesday, and friday. The vine swinger provides world war ii heroics in tarzan triumphs and tarzans desert mystery. Painted desert free notable for being clark gables first appearance in a talkie film. Tarzans desert mystery johnny weissmuller nancy kelly johnny sheffield 1943 the ape man johnny weissmuller and boy johnny sheffield meet a chorus girl nancy kelly on her way to warn a. The last couple of reels, which have tarzan encountering dinosaurs rear projection lizards in close up and fighting a very hokey maneating plant, seem a lot like a. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it. Tarzan meets up with connie bryce nancy kelly, an american showgirl, and tangles with mercenary arabs, legions of nazi warriors, a giant spider, and a bunch of dinosaurs who somehow escaped extinction. In tarzan s desert mystery, released at the height of the war in 1943, he is once again battling brownshirts in the libyan desert.
Nov 26, 2008 short clip form tarzan s desert mystery 1943 starring johnny weissmuller. The younger weissmullers own film career began with 1958s andy hardy comes home. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 the ape man johnny weissmuller and boy johnny sheffield meet a chorus girl nancy kelly on her way to warn a sheik about nazis. Released 1943, tarzan s desert mystery stars johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, otto kruger the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 10 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The next film in the series would be tarzans new york adventure. Tarzan meets up with connie bryce nancy kelly, an american showgirl, and tangles. Otto kruger, joe sawyer, and johnny weissmuller in tarzans desert mystery 1943. The new twist is that it introduces a strong whiff of arabian nights adventure. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 tarzans desert mystery. Tarzan, a fictional character created by edgar rice burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel tarzan of the apes, and then in twentyfour sequels by burroughs and numerous more by other authors. Beasts roar, danger abounds and johnny weissmuller swoops into the last 6 of his 12 adventures as film s definitive tarzan. A letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzans help in. Lesser had previously produced tarzan the fearless and tarzans revenge. A letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzans help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants.
Jul 25, 20 tarzans desert mystery 1943 in many ways this was the title that inspired not only a chronological viewing of the weissmuller titles but much of the impetus behind the entire series. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 stream and watch online. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 where to watch it streaming. Tarzans desert mystery wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Tarzan faces his fiercest foe a letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzan s help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Short clip form tarzans desert mystery 1943 starring johnny weissmuller. It was the fourth in the mgm tarzan series to feature johnny weissmuller as the king of the apes and the fourth of six films in which he stars with maureen osullivan as jane. Johnny weissmuller had portrayed the edgar rice burroughs character in six films with metrogoldwynmayer, but this was his first with the producer sol lesser at rko pictures.
Tarzan s desert mystery 1943 the ape man johnny weissmuller and boy johnny sheffield meet a chorus girl nancy kelly on her way to warn a sheik about nazis. Like its immediate predecessor, tarzan triumphs, the film makes reference to tarzans mate, jane, played in earlier weissmuller films by maureen osullivan, but it does not show her on screen. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 letterboxd social film. Volume 0553 erbzine of the silver screen series presents. With jane still away for the war effort, tarzan and boy set off to retrieve rare. Background sol lesser, a producer with a weakness for formulagrinding and also keen to repeat the financial success oftarzan triumphs, decided to quickly churn out another tarzan against the nazis film.
Tarzans desert mystery 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This article concerns tarzans appearance in film and other nonprint media. Tarzans desert mystery rko radio, 1943, directed by wilhelm thiele, the eighth installment to the long running adventure series starring johnny weissmuller as the jungle hero, the second under the rko radio banner, and the only time during weissmullers 16. They arrive in an arab city and rescue a stranded american lady magician, sentenced to be hanged for carrying a secret message to the sheik. It was weissmullers 8th tarzan movie and the second one produced by sol lesser. Edgar rice burroughs tarzan s desert mystery, tarzan against the sahara, tarzan and the sheik. Elanors idiot fiance is meant to be comic relief i think but his shooting everything he can including a fawn and small parrot makes him disgusting and my biggest complaint. Its more of the same in that it mimics its previous entry, tarzan triumphs, by packing in the action sequences. Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 film about tarzan searching for a malaria serum for the allies during world war ii. Since that time, he has kept busy with theatrical work in the san francisco area, only occasionally returning to. Tarzan orders the men to free the stallion, and in gratitude, jayne allows boy to ride him to the oasis. The cut ups free directed by anthony balch, this avantgarde film brings. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 william thiele synopsis. The explanation given is that she is in england helping the war.
In this adventure, the jungle king takes on the nazis. Tarzan s desert mystery johnny weissmuller nancy kelly johnny sheffield 1943 the ape man johnny weissmuller and boy johnny sheffield meet a chorus girl nancy kelly on her way to warn a sheik about nazis. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 in many ways this was the title that inspired not only a chronological viewing of the weissmuller titles but much of the impetus behind the entire series. They arrive in an arab city and rescue a stranded american lady magician, sentenced to be hanged for carrying a secret message to the. Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 american tarzan film directed by wilhelm thiele and starring johnny weissmuller and nancy kelly plot. Buster crabbe best known for his role as tarzan in well known boxing film. Although a hr production chart places gerald mohr, ferdinand munier, dorothy adams and nestor paiva in the cast, their appearance in the released film has not been confirmed. During wwii, johnny weissmuller and his tarzan character proved useful for allied propaganda purposes.
Erudite, silverhaired stage and screen actor otto kruger was a grandnephew of south african president ohm kruger. Rko album p1pb2g from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. Tarzan faces his fiercest foe a letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzans help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, and johnny weissmuller in tarzans desert mystery 1943. At the oasis, meanwhile, american magician connie bryce confers with sheik amir. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi catalog of feature films at, or by clicking here. Released 1943, tarzans desert mystery stars johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, otto kruger the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 10 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. He also must deal with a yankee showgirl, a few bedouins, a giant spider, and even a few dinosaurs.
Tarzan and boy set out across the desert looking for the plants and wind up ruining a german s attempt to capture a wild horse. Rent tarzan triumphs tarzans desert mystery 1943 film. The character proved immensely popular and quickly made the jump to other media, first and most notably to comics and film. Watch tarzans desert mystery trailer film gorillas on dailymotion. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 the movie database tmdb. Elanor s idiot fiance is meant to be comic relief i think but his shooting everything he can including a fawn and small parrot makes him disgusting and my biggest complaint about this movie is that he didnt get eaten by something. Based on the character created by edgar rice burroughs, it is the fifth in the mgm tarzan series to star johnny weissmuller and maureen osullivan. He also must deal with a yankee showgirl, a few bedouins, a giant spider, and even a few.
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