Tarzan the Ape Man

Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) is an action adventure film featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan and starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith and Maureen O'Sullivan. The movie is loosely based on Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes, with the dialogue written by Ivor Novello. The movie was directed by W. S. Van Dyke (who later went on to direct The Thin Man and the first three of its five sequels). It was remade twice, first in 1959 and later in 1981.

I Loved Tarzan as a kid (and still do!), - Watching the Johnny Weissmuller movies with the Chimp Cheeta is so nostalgic and brings up so many memories of my childhood. With all the mega special effects of modern cinema there is still nothing to compare to the enjoyment of watching a classic old movie such as Tarzan of the Apes. 
I loved the bit where he takes Jane to his tree house, which inspired me to make a tree house of my very own, where i used to gather all my secret store of provisions (biscuits, sweets, fruits and nusts which i would steal froom Mum's kitchen and pretend i had gathered them in the Jungle - my imagination was sparked into living out the thought that i was surviving in the Jungle and i used to enjoy thinking how long i could survive in my tree house with all i had gathered. My Mum would always comment out loud thatshhe wondered where all the dried foodstuffs were disappearing to and ask me with an inquiring look if i knew anything about it - to which i would innocently say "no mum".

Tarzan the Ape Man was the first Tarzan film to star Weissmuller and O'Sullivan, and marked the first appearance of the character of Cheeta the chimpanzee, and the animal actor who created it, Jiggs. The character of Cheeta was created for this film, never having appeared in the original Burroughs novels.
The film was the first of a long series of franchised Tarzan films running from 1932 into the 1970s, initially starring Weissmuller and later other actors.
Tarzan's distinctive call was first heard in this film; it was reportedly created by sound recordist Douglas Shearer using special audio effects, including an Austrian yodel played backwards at quickened speed. Weissmuller himself always claimed he had created the trademark Tarzan yell in a yodeling contest he won while he was a boy. He later learned to mimic the famous call so well people assumed that he was the one doing the yell in the films. (Wikipedia)

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James Parker (C. Aubrey Smith) and Harry Holt (Neil Hamilton), in Africa on a quest for the legendary elephant burial grounds (and their ivory), are joined by Parker's daughter Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan). Holt, attracted to her, tries somewhat ineffectively to protect her from the jungle's dangers, notably failing to prevent her abduction by the jungle's guardian, the mysterious Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) and his ape allies. The experience is terrifying to Jane, yet she finds herself missing the ape man after she is returned to her father. When the expedition is captured by a tribe of pygmies she sends Tarzan's ape friend Cheeta (Jiggs) for help, bringing Tarzan to the rescue. In the end, she elects to stay in the jungle with Tarzan.

Tarzan is still one a favourite Adventure Movie for Kids of all ages, and will be as far into the future as Movies exist i believe!

Below pic; Tarzan, Jane and Cheeta

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Cast; Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) Harry Holt (Neil Hamilton) Jane Parker (Maureen O'Sullivan) James Parker (C. Aubrey Smith) Mrs. Cutten (Doris Lloyd) Beamish (Forrester Harvey) Riano (Ivory Williams) Cheeta (Jiggs - uncredited) Ape (Ray Corrigan - uncredited) Bird Creature (Johnny Eck- uncredited) Edgar Rice Burroughs (left picture); (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.