Tarzan and His Mate

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Tarzan and His Mate

Credits
Title:	Tarzan and His Mate
Genres:	Adventure
Directed by:	Cedric Gibbons
Written by:	James Kevin McGuinness Howard Emmett Rogers Leon Gordon
Produced by:	Bernard H. Hyman
Cinematography:	Charles G. Clarke Clyde DeVinna
Edited by:	Tom Held
Production
Distributed by:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released:	April 16th, 1934
Rating:	Approved
Running time:	104 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Tarzan and His Mate is an American feature film of the adventure genre. It is based on the character of Tarzan as seen in books written by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film was directed by Cedric Gibbons with a screenplay written by James Kevin McGuinness, adapted from a story by Howard Emmett Rogers and Leon Gordon. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and premiered in the United States on April 16th, 1934. The film stars Johnny Weissmuller in the eponymous role of Tarzan with Maureen O'Sullivan as his "mate", Jane Parker.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Tarzan

Jane Parker

Harry Holt

Martin Arlington

Beamish

Saidi

Tarzan, whose real name is John Clayton, was created by American author Edgar Rice Burroughs, and was the main character featured in a series of adventure stories beginning with Tarzan of the Apes, which was first serialized in magazine publications in 1912 and released in novel format in 1914.
The tagline for this film is "She traded civilization for the love of Tarzan... her mate!"
Production on Tarzan and His Mate began on August 2nd, 1933. Principal shooting concluded on February 28th, 1934. The movie was shot in the areas of Sherwood Forest, China Flats, and Elm Monte, California, as well as Silver Springs, Florida.
This is the second movie in the Tarzan film series to feature Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan in the roles of Tarzan & Jane.
In 2003, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
In this film, Jane is portrayed as being English, even though the character from the novel is American. In the novel, Jane's surname is Porter, but in the film it is changed to Parker.