Tarzan the Ape Man
1932 · directed by W.S. Van Dyke
- Rating
- 78/100
- Hit
- no
James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich. Parker's beautiful daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly to join them. Jane is terrified when Tarzan and his ape friends abduct her, but when she returns to her father's expedition she has second thoughts about leaving Tarzan.
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), directed by W.S. Van Dyke, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Johnny Weissmüller
- Maureen O'Sullivan
- Neil Hamilton
- C. Aubrey Smith
- Doris Lloyd
- Forrester Harvey
- Ray Corrigan
- Ivory Williams
- Johnny Eck
Crew
- Clyde De Vinna — Director of Photography
- Harold Rosson — Director of Photography
- Ben Lewis — Editor
- Tom Held — Editor
- Cyril Hume — Writer
- Ivor Novello — Writer
More from W.S. Van Dyke
- I Love You Again (1940) — 84/100 · hit
- The Thin Man (1934) — 83/100 · hit
- After the Thin Man (1936) — 79/100
- San Francisco (1936) — 78/100
- Manhattan Melodrama (1934) — 75/100
- Another Thin Man (1939) — 73/100
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