During wwii, johnny weissmuller and his tarzan character proved useful for allied propaganda purposes. Tarzans desert mystery was johnny weissmullers second rko film, and his eighth as tarzan. With johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, otto kruger. Starring johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, otto kruger, joe sawyer, lloyd corrigan, robert lowery cinematography russell harlan, harry wild art direction ralph berger, hans peters film editor ray lockert original music paul sawtell written by edward t. In the onscreen credits, the title card reads edgar rice burroughs tarzan s desert mystery. Tarzans desert mystery sol lesser productions 1943. As connie is about to be executed for murder tarzan escapes on jana and carries boy and connie out into the desert. Johnny weissmuller and johnny scheffield in tarzans desert mystery, 1943 cpjc0y from alamys library of millions of high. Tarzan, nkima, and the waziri are all drawn in to rescue jane. The book, written juneseptember 1944 while burroughs was living in honolulu and published in 1947, was the last new work by burroughs to be published during his life llana of gathol, the tenth book in the barsoom series, was.
Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 american tarzan film directed by wilhelm thiele and starring johnny weissmuller and nancy kelly. Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 american tarzan film directed by wilhelm thiele and starring johnny weissmuller and nancy kelly plot. Jungle jim was a longrunning jungle adventure show, feet planted firmly in the footsteps of tarzan, but with the hardware and politics of the modern great white. In tarzan s desert mystery 1943, tarzan has prehistoric monsters, as well as nazis, to deal with in order to save the jungle.
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Tarzans desert mystery, us lobbycard, johnny sheffield, 1943. 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. 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. 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. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 updated on august 14, 2012 by ken begg 6 comments. A letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzans help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Volume 0553 erbzine of the silver screen series presents. However two other actors who played tarzan did actively serve during world war ii glenn morris. In this adventure, the jungle king takes on the nazis.
I read tarzan books and comic books, saw bits and pieces of the tarzan movies on sunday afternoons i couldnt always watch the whole thing because dad got the tv on sundays for football, and owned a book called tarzan of the movies, filled with pictures of hunky men wearing. Gallery of 19 movie poster and cover images for tarzans desert mystery 1943. In tarzans desert mystery, released at the height of the war in 1943, he is once again battling brownshirts in the libyan desert. With johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, otto kruger, joe sawyer, lloyd corrigan, robert. Watch tarzans desert mystery trailer film gorillas on dailymotion. The working title of this film was tarzan and the sheik.
The artist really captured that aspect in tarzans face, dont you think. Tarzan and the foreign legion is a novel by american writer edgar rice burroughs, the twentysecond in his series of twentyfour books about the title character tarzan. Edgar rice burroughs is one of the worlds most popular authors. 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. 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. According to materials contained in the films file in the mpaapca. The six films here represented are usually considered inferior to the earlier mgm efforts, but they have their own charm. Johnny weissmuller and johnny scheffield in tarzans desert stock. But sometimes even a bad movie has its rewards and certainly its share of secrets.
Wait till you see what crazy stuff they didnt bother to reference in that poster. The vine swinger provides world war ii heroics in tarzan triumphs and tarzan s desert mystery. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 william thiele synopsis. Sep 18, 2017 tarzans desert mystery isnt a great film, but it has its charms. 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. Tarzan s desert mystery is a 1943 film about tarzan searching for a malaria serum for the allies during world war ii. Horror, science fiction, fantasy, spy, superhero, jd, thriller and noir films, thats what we like, and a recurring theme in a lot of those kinds of movies has always been music. In tarzan and the amazons 1945, a group of archaeologists tricks boy johnny sheffield into helping them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. 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. Although best known as the creator of the classic tarzan of the apes and john carter. Pg a letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzans. Tarzan meets up with connie bryce nancy kelly, an american showgirl, and tangles.
Tarzans desert mystery 1943 directed by wilhelm thiele. Tarzans desert mystery isnt a great film, but it has its charms. Tarzan against the world is a 1942 blackandwhite adventure film from metro goldwyn mayer, produced by frederick stephani, directed by richard thorpe, that stars johnny weissmuller and maureen osullivan. Released 1943, tarzans desert mystery stars johnnyweissmuller, nancykelly, johnnysheffield, ottokruger the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 10 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads subject to agreement. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 stream and watch online. Really busy day today, so this is going to be short and kind of scattershot. Now tarzan isnt going out of his way to engage the axis powers, they just keep crossing paths, and when you try and cross tarzan it doesnt matter who youre working for. If you can take joy in a chimpanzee stealing turbans or an aging olympic champion galumphing about in a loincloth, then this is probably a mustsee. The explanation given is that she is in england helping the war.
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. 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. It was directed by william thiele in 1943 and also starred nancy kelly as connie bryce. 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. A letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzan s help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Warners the tarzan collection starring johnny weissmuller, vol. Fulfilment by amazon fba is a service amazon offers sellers that lets them store their products in amazons warehouses, and amazon directly does the picking. Read the full synopsis of tarzans desert mystery, 1943, directed by william thiele, with johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, at turner classic movies. Access two and a half men pm film tarzan animated adventure. Beasts roar, danger abounds and johnny weissmuller swoops into the last 6 of his 12 adventures as films definitive tarzan. In the film tarzan triumphs, the plot had the ape man fighting nazis in africa. 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 full movie watch online, stream or. Lowe, carroll young produced by sol lesser, kurt neumann. Next, he welcomes jane brenda joyce home and champions a secluded female tribe in tarzan and the amazons. With tarzans desert mystery the series continues with the ape mans jungle adventures for the war effort. With johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, otto kruger, joe sawyer, lloyd corrigan, robert lowery, frank puglia, phil van zandt. And in the upper righthand corner, tarzans supposed to be in mortal danger there. Released 1943, tarzan s desert mystery stars johnnyweissmuller, nancykelly, johnnysheffield, ottokruger the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 10 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Mar 26, 2008 tarzan s desert mystery was johnny weissmuller s second rko film, and his eighth as tarzan. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 tarzans desert mystery. Tarzans desert mystery sol lesser productions 1943 its freaky forties friday with tabonga, here at the dungeon we gots a weird one featuring tarzan, boy, chimpanzee pal, cheetah, nazis, giant lizards, maneating plants and. Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 film about tarzan searching for a malaria serum for the allies during world war ii.
Jan, 2018 tarzan in wwii posted on january, 2018 by dirkdeklein under 1936 olympic games, history, tarzan, world war 2 tarzan has been played by a great number of actors, the actor mostly associated with the character tarzan is the former olympian johnny weissmuller. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 updated on august 14, 2012 by ken begg 6 comments wait till you see what crazy stuff they didnt bother to reference in that poster. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. 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. The vine swinger provides world war ii heroics in tarzan triumphs and tarzans desert mystery. The tarzan collection starring johnny weissmuller, vol.
He also must deal with a yankee showgirl, a few bedouins, a giant spider, and even a few dinosaurs. A third expedition was undertaken to the escarpment, led by doublecrossing big game hunter captain fry john buckler, who also wished to return jane to england and civilization with her relatives so that she could. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 web of the big damn spider. There were rockin clubs and cafes with cool jukeboxes, teen poolside parties with local bands, sometimes it was a seedy bar with a sleazy torch singer, a beatnik coffeehouse, maybe dancing somewhere in outer space.
This was the sixth and final film in mgms tarzan series and was the studios last tarzan feature until 1958s tarzans fight for life. Now tarzan isnt going out of his way to engage the axis powers, they just keep crossing paths, and when you try and cross tarzan it doesnt matter who youre working for, he will take you down. 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. In tarzans desert mystery 1943, tarzan has prehistoric monsters, as well as nazis, to deal with in order to save the jungle. In the onscreen credits, the title card reads edgar rice burroughs tarzans desert mystery. Tarzans desert mystery wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. The tarzan films with johnny weissmullermaureen osullivan part 2. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi. 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 01, 2015 with tarzans desert mystery the series continues with the ape mans jungle adventures for the war effort. In the ensuing thirtyeight years until his death in 1950, burroughs wrote ninetyone books and a host of short stories and articles.
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. Like its immediate predecessor, tarzan triumphs, the film makes reference to tarzan s mate, jane, played in earlier weissmuller films by maureen osullivan, but it does not show her on screen. Jul 10, 2011 tarzans desert mystery 1943 two confessions. I read tarzan books and comic books, saw bits and pieces of the tarzan movies on sunday afternoons i couldnt always watch the whole thing because dad got the tv on sundays for football, and owned a book called tarzan of the movies, filled with pictures of hunky men. The legend begins 1 hours and 12 minutes movie 2005 set back when tarzan was just a boy, this is the story of tarzans journey to selfdiscovery. Richard thorpe, and uncredited john farrow, 95 minutes. Tarzan remembers his mission for jane and goes to collect the serum but hendrix chases boy and connie into a cave inhabited by a giant spider. 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. 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. Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 film starring johnny weismuller and nancy kelly.