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Best Tarzan movies
I have grown up with Tarzan movies played by Johnny Weissmuller. It was the "dark" comunism time, when during Saturdays, during lunch time, we had like 30 mins of "speacial treat": few minutes played from a good movie.
Decades, after moving in Canada, in July 2009, I have discovered these movies with Tarzan, grouped under 2 volumes.
I was so positively...
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Law of the Jungle Not Applicable for These Dismal Transfers
Who can forget Johnny Weissmuller's immortal yodel as the vine swinging he-man gleaned from the pages of Edgar Rice Boroughs? All six of the original Tarzan films are included in this collection. Each represents a variation on Boroughs' intriguing novel about a human baby that is raised by animals in the deep dark jungles after its parents have been killed. The baby grows...
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Best Tarzan movies, Aoû 4 2009
I have grown up with Tarzan movies played by Johnny Weissmuller. It was the "dark" comunism time, when during Saturdays, during lunch time, we had like 30 mins of "speacial treat": few minutes played from a good movie.
Decades, after moving in Canada, in July 2009, I have discovered these movies with Tarzan, grouped under 2 volumes.
I was so positively surprised & I have ordered them right away (the both volumes).
Even the movies are black & white, the quality of the scenes are amazing.
Very educational for Africa's wild life too: leons, zebras, crocs, etc.
Nice classic movies to have in anyone collection.
The recordings has been done in 1940s ... !
Good to note that the movies have subtitles too.
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Law of the Jungle Not Applicable for These Dismal Transfers, Mars 5 2005
Who can forget Johnny Weissmuller's immortal yodel as the vine swinging he-man gleaned from the pages of Edgar Rice Boroughs? All six of the original Tarzan films are included in this collection. Each represents a variation on Boroughs' intriguing novel about a human baby that is raised by animals in the deep dark jungles after its parents have been killed. The baby grows up to be a man, but the man is void of all human instinct and intellect. Thus, when Tarzan reaches adulthood and stumbles across the shapely figure of Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) he is moved to visceral prowess by his own curiosity. It's really quite an erotic concept that takes the old premise of love with a stranger to even `stranger' heights. Jane is at first attracted to Tarzan as a fascinating specimen of study - to learn from and teach in the ways of human history. But as the series progresses she grows from genuine infatuation to romantic love for her bo-hunk of the boondocks and develops an affinity for the "really" simple life of loin cloths, wooden tree huts and chimpanzees. The first four films (Tarzan the Ape Man, Tarzan and his Mate, Tarzan Escapes and Tarzan Finds A Son) are of a cinematic perfection in exploring the exotic romance and adventure between these two characters. But the final two installments ("Tarzan's Secret Treasure" and "Tarzan's New York Adventure") are idiotic derivatives of the formula in which the series not only shows its age but glaringly misrepresents the original vision of Boroughs' novel. THE TRANSFER: There's little to celebrate in this DVD collector's edition. Most of the films in the series suffer from a barrage of age related artifacts that create a very grainy, harsh visual presentation. The diminished picture quality improves moderately between each subsequent installment in the series. The gray scale seems poorly rendered and balanced on "Tarzan and his Mate" - much more so than on any of the other films in the series. The image suffers from lower contrast levels and a decided loss of fine detail in many of the scenes. There's also considerable shimmering in the background information, as though everything were shot on a matte process screen. Edge enhancement and way too much pixelization are present throughout most of these films as well as a hideous example of misregistration on Tarzan Finds A Son. For the rest of the batch - the balance and contrast is considerably better off. Ditto for the age related artifacts. In all cases the audio is mono and nicely balanced, though the critical ear will detect hiss and popping present in "Tarzan the Ape Man" and "Tarzan and his Mate". The movies are spread across four discs. EXTRAS: There's a fantastic feature length documentary on the Tarzan phenomenon that is both comprehensive and compelling as well as some vintage short subjects. It is indeed a pity that no one thought to have an audio commentary track included for at least the first film in the series. BOTTOM LINE: Though the MGM films take certain artistic liberties with Borough's original text, they remain the benchmark of cinematic Tarzan. The transfers, however, are below par.
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"Lord of the Jungle is Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan)", Jui 26 2004
Finally and about time, the release of Johnny Weissmuller on DVD in the role that he was born to play TARZAN! ~ loaded with many "special features" entitled "Tarzan:Silver Screen King of the Jungle"[introduction/studio interest in Tarzan/developing the story/casting Tarzan/casting Jane/production begins/Tarzan and His Mate/the Tarzan yell/Cheeta/backlot zoo/Tarzan escapes/Tarzan Finds a Son!/Tarzan's Secret Treasure/Tarzan's New York Adventure/final thoughts/End Credits ~ plus vintage vault treasures featuring Jimmy Durante as "Schnarzan the Conqueror"!!(from Hollywood Party) and a real treasure with MGM on location featuring Johnny Weissmuller, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Jackie Cooper featured in "Rodeo Dough" with Kokomo the Bull ~ all 6 Weissmuller/O'Sullivan Tarzan theatrical trailers.After years of taping these off the local television stations and then when AMC ran the segments a few years ago with fairly good prints, I'd given up of ever seeing the Tarzan films on DVD ~ but here they are in a beautifully packaged box set on four discs ~
"TARZAN THE APE MAN" (1932) featuring Weissmuller, O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith and directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
"TARZAN AND HIS MATE" (1934) with Weissmuller, O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanaugh and directed by Bernard H. Hyman (this is my favorite Tarzan film - story and action sequences were way ahead of their time)
"TARZAN ESCAPES" (1936) with Weissmuller, O'Sullivan, John Buckler, Benita Hume, William Henry and directed by Richard Thorpe.
"TARZAN FINDS A SON" (1939) with Weissmuller, O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Ian Hunter, Henry Stephenson, Henry Wilcoxon, Laraine Day and directed by Richard Thorpe (one of the best in the early series)
"TARZAN'S SECRET TREASURE" (1941) with Weissmuller, O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen, Tom Conway, Philip Dorn, Barry Fitzgerald (one of my favorite Irish Actors - with Bing Crosby and later with John Wayne) and directed by Richard Thorpe.
"TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE" (1942) with Weissmuller, O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Charles Bickford, Chill Wills (Francis the Talking Mule fame), Paul Kelly, Virginia Grey and directed by Richard Thorpe(which Tarzan and the rest of the cast are completely clothed in a civilized world of crooks, trying to take Boy away from Jane and Tarzan) all under the watchful eye of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Hopefully Warner Brothers will release the next group of Weissmuller films he did for RKO Studios ~ the same quality and special features for those six films would be a welcome addition ~ just think a new generation of fans are on the brink of discovering the true Lord of the Jungle ~ TARZAN(in the guise of Johnny Weissmuller)...gotta love it! Total Time: 4-DVD-Set ~ Warner Home Video 65995 ~ (6/08/2004)
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LAW OF THE JUNGLE NOT APPLICABLE TO THESE DISMAL TRANSFERS!, Jui 25 2004
Who can forget Johnny Weissmuller's immortal yodel as the vine swinging he-man gleaned from the pages of Edgar Rice Boroughs? All six of the original Tarzan films are included in this collection. Each represents a variation on Boroughs' intriguing novel about a human baby that is raised by animals in the deep dark jungles after its parents have been killed. The baby grows up to be a man, but the man is void of all human instinct and intellect. Thus, when Tarzan reaches adulthood and stumbles across the shapely figure of Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) he is moved to visceral prowess by his own curiosity. It's really quite an erotic concept that takes the old premise of love with a stranger to even 'stranger' heights. Jane is at first attracted to Tarzan as a fascinating specimen of study - to learn from and teach in the ways of human history. But as the series progresses she grows from genuine infatuation to romantic love for her bo-hunk of the boondocks and develops an affinity for the "really" simple life of loin cloths, wooden tree huts and chimpanzees. The first four films (Tarzan the Ape Man, Tarzan and his Mate, Tarzan Escapes and Tarzan Finds A Son) are of a cinematic perfection in exploring the exotic romance and adventure between these two characters. But the final two installments ("Tarzan's Secret Treasure" and "Tarzan's New York Adventure") are idiotic derivatives of the formula in which the series not only shows its age but glaringly misrepresents the original vision of Boroughs' novel.
THE TRANSFER: There's little to celebrate in this DVD collector's edition. Most of the films in the series suffer from a barrage of age related artifacts that create a very grainy, harsh visual presentation. The diminished picture quality improves moderately between each subsequent installment in the series. The gray scale seems poorly rendered and balanced on "Tarzan and his Mate" - much more so than on any of the other films in the series. The image suffers from lower contrast levels and a decided loss of fine detail in many of the scenes. There's also considerable shimmering in the background information, as though everything were shot on a matte process screen. Edge enhancement and way too much pixelization are present throughout most of these films as well as a hideous example of misregistration on Tarzan Finds A Son. For the rest of the batch - the balance and contrast is considerably better off. Ditto for the age related artifacts. In all cases the audio is mono and nicely balanced, though the critical ear will detect hiss and popping present in "Tarzan the Ape Man" and "Tarzan and his Mate". The movies are spread across four discs.
EXTRAS: There's a fantastic feature length documentary on the Tarzan phenomenon that is both comprehensive and compelling as well as some vintage short subjects. It is indeed a pity that no one thought to have an audio commentary track included for at least the first film in the series.
BOTTOM LINE: Though the MGM films take certain artistic liberties with Borough's original text, they remain the benchmark of cinematic Tarzan. The transfers, however, are below par.
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Finally the GREATEST, Weissmuller & O'Sullivan on DVD!!!, Jui 23 2004
Thank you Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc and Turner Entertainment Co. for bringing us ALL 6 of Johnny Weissmullers & Maureen O'Sullivan Tarzan and Jane movies to this OUTSTANDING 4 DVD set "THE TARZAN COLLECTION".Johnny Weissmuller is still the greatest Tarzan ever to dorn a loin cloth and Maureen O'Sullivan was indeed the best Jane. Even Edgar Rice Burroughs the author of Tarzan personally endorsed Weissmuller and O'Sullivan as his fictionalized charactors heroes from his books. This DVD set "THE TARZAN COLLECTION" gives 4 DVDs, 6 movies covering an astonishing 10 years 1932 - 1942 and numerous extras featurettes, documentaries and All the original theatrical trailers. Over 525 minutes of action packed adventure sagas of monumental proportions. This is the real deal!!!! All the movies are digitally restored picture & sound in Black/White presented in Standard Format preserving the 4:3 aspect ratio of their orifinal theatrical exhibitions. This is a must have DVD set for your movie library. Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan are what Hollywood movies want us to believe the way life should be. Enjoy.
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Check DVD's for dirt, smugges, Jui 17 2004
The discs I received in this package are full of fingerprint smugges and some kind of grimy dust. One disc has a scratch near the center hole. Please CHECK the conditions of your discs. I had a similar problem with another MGM title "Green Acres Season 1" and had to go through 3 sets before I found one that was somewhat acceptable. Some players, like mine, are very sensitive to these anomolies. Someone at MGM Home Entertainment is not watching their quality control very carefully.
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SIMPLY SUPERB!, Jui 15 2004
I've been waiting for these films to be released on DVD ever since I got my DVD player in January, 2001. I was born in 1954 and grew up watching them on TV. Tarzan was without a doubt my favorite hero and Johnny Weissmuller was Tarzan. One of the biggest thrills of my youth was meeting Johnny when he came to my hometown in 1967. He gave me two photos of himself which I still have. The packaging of this set is excellent, first class all the way. The documentary is very interesting. I only wish that Johnny Sheffield could have been interviewed. It was great to see Cheeta still going strong at 72 years old. The theatrical trailers were fun to watch, and the other "special features" were great, also. I especially enjoyed the short documentary shot during the filming of "Tarzan Finds A Son" at Silver Springs, Florida. Before I purchased the set, I was concerned about the picture quality of the six feature films.But, when I watched them, I was very pleased. After years of seeing them on TV, it was good to view them via the high resolution of the DVD format. When and if the six RKO Tarzan/Weissmuller films are released on DVD, I pray that Warner Video will do the honors.
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AaaaH -- Eee -- AaaaH!! EeeH -- Waa -- Au -- Wau -- AoooW!!, Jui 9 2004
Umgawa! This DVD boxed set is great! Love these classic old movies. Tarzan was to the 1930s what James Bond was to the 1960s -- a cultural phenomenon. Sure these movies are preposterous and even silly -- an African Never-Never Land, but they're still splendid entertainment. 1934's "Tarzan and His Mate" is one of the greatest fantasy/adventure films of all time. Johnny Weissmuller is still an icon. I've owned all six of these movies before on VHS and laserdisc, and they look best here on DVD. The early '30s pictures aren't in as pristine a shape as the later ones from 1939 to 1942, but they still look damn good for their age. The documentary on disc six is an excellent one as well, and the packaging is some of the best ever done for a classic film series on DVD. A nice big banana to Warner Home Video for this one!
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Fun-filled collection starring the incomparable Weissmuller!, Jui 9 2004
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Gorgeous packaging, and stunning transfers that look dramatically better than anything I've ever seen on these titles make WB's new TARZAN COLLECTION a true must-have for your DVD collection.The films themselves are fresh and fun, and the extras (including the snazzy new documentary) are terrific. Don't miss this one.
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Worth it if only for, Jui 8 2004
All of the films in this collection are very watchable. Without doubt Weissmuller is the best Tarzan of the movies, although there are two Gordon Scott films that are also very good. The extras listed are exceptional.However, the gem of the collection is Tarzan and His Mate. This is the last of the Weissmuller films made for an adult audience and was made pre-code. Several scenes were cut from the film as released, and restored on the VHS version. Whether the DVD release has the restored senes or not - once you watch this movie you'll know exactly why Tarzan did not want to leave the jungle.
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