Tarzan's New York Adventure
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| Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
| Produced by | Frederick Stephani |
| Written by | William R. Lipman Myles Connolly |
| Based on | Characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Starring |
Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan Johnny Sheffield |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Cinematography | Sidney Wagner |
| Edited by | Gene Ruggiero |
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| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $707,000 |
| Box office | $2,729,000 |
Tarzan's New York Adventure (a.k.a. Tarzan Against the World ) is a 1942 film, the sixth Tarzan film to feature actors Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. This film was the sixth and final film in MGM's Tarzan series and was the studio's last Tarzan film until their 1958 release, Tarzan's Fight for Life, Tarzan's New York Adventure was directed by Richard Thorpe, and although it included New York scenes, as well as the customary jungle sequences, it was another Tarzan production primarily shot on MGM backlots.
Circus workers land an aircraft in the jungles of Africa in search of lions for their show. While trapping lions, the three men meet up with Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller), Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) and their adopted son Boy (Johnny Sheffield). Watching Boy's tricks with the elephants, the head of the circus, Buck Rand (Charles Bickford), realizes that Boy would be a great act for the circus. The group is attacked by natives, and it appears that Tarzan and Jane have perished in a jungle fire. The men take Boy on an aircraft back to the United States. Tarzan's loyal chimp Cheeta wakes Tarzan and Jane before they are burned by the fire. Then Cheeta tells Tarzan that Boy has left with the men on the plane.
Tarzan, Jane and the chimp track across the jungle and flying across the Atlantic, eventually end up in New York City where Tarzan is befuddled by the lifestyle and gadgetry of "civilization". Tarzan displays his quaint, "noble savage" ways by complaining about the necessity of wearing clothing, commenting that an opera singer that he hears on a "noisy box" is "Woman sick! Scream for witch doctor!", and expressing his childlike wonderment at taxi cabs. It is noteworthy that Tarzan comments that various African-Americans he sees making a living throughout New York City are from this or that tribe back in their jungle home.
Tarzan and Jane attempt to get Boy back first by legal means. This leads to a moving sequence where the judge asks Tarzan what the fishing is like back in Africa and what he considers to be important things that he needs to teach his adopted son. Unfortunately, the circus retains an unscrupulous lawyer (Charles Lane), who tricks Jane into admitting that Boy was not born in the jungle and is not her actual child, provoking Tarzan into attacking him in the courtroom. Tarzan makes a daring escape out the courtroom windows and after a rooftop chase by the police ends up doing a high dive off the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River.
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