Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)

★★★★★ · The REAL Tarzan...part 2 · RWardMI · 2004-11-10

Along with 'The New Adventures of Tarzan', this the 2nd feature compilation from a multi-part serial feature from 1932. This production was produced by Tarzan creator, E.R. Burroughs, to portray his original concept of Tarzan for the movies. Unlike Hollywood's version of his creation, Burroughs wanted his Tarzan shown as he was in his novels: refined English Lord balancing his savage upbringing. These features are the only ones where he is adressed as 'Lord graystoke' and show Graystoke's English estates. Filmed on location in Guatamala, the production and acting are primitive by today's…

★★★★★ · hey, Its Tarzan! · Lokasson · 2005-06-24

Need I say more? Tarzan is an icon for many generations from its beginnings to the present. How many other movies can say the same thing? So the movie is cheesy. So the acting isnt great. Does it realy matter? Did you think it sucked when you were a kid watching these for the first time? I am a 3rd generation Tarzan watcher, and even at 33 years old, I still love watching all these old movies that my dad and HIS dad used to watch. And So I will watch these with my kids/Nieces/Nefews...and With any luck, they too will watch them with theirs.

★★★★★ · Great Picture · Burt Masterson · 2004-08-20

Everyone should see this one. Well acted and directed, with a hero that all men can associate with, and regret that they cannot emulate. Women will admire the leading man, and the other "man in their life" will suffer in comparison. An adventure to be remembered long after the picture has ended.

★★★★ · Tarzan as Burroughs Wrote Him · Shadows_Girl · 2006-12-06

This and "The New Adventures of Tarzan" present the Ape-Man to us as Burroughs saw him. As opposed to the inarticulate grunting dim-wit presented to us by Hollywood. It worked, apparently, because the actors who followed Weismuller and Crabbe began to speak with increasing fluency. I would suggest that those wishing to watch these films first familiarize themselves with the radio series from 1931 through the 1934 season as Burroughs was connected with these as well. In fact, James Pierce, a former star football player, who plays Tarzan in the early shows and in the silent film TARZAN AND THE…

★★★★ · Nice memories from childhood! · efrom · 2009-01-29

It was wonderful to find this movie I hadn't watched since I was 12 or 13! Now I'm fifty, and at that time I didn't realized about those african animals in Guatemala! However, the feelings I experienced were almost the same like those then since I'm another Tarzan's fan! Thank you for sharing it!

★★★★ · the ape man cometh · taxirct · 2005-08-03

Yeah this film takes you back to the innocence of childhood. I remember watching these things on Saturday morning TV and they don't dissapoint even all these years later. Historically they are of great value but as entertainment they are priceless.,