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Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Sam Zimbalist.

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Watching 1939: Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

on Jul 29, 2021 From Comet Over Hollywood

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, tha... Read full article


Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

By Beatrice on Feb 20, 2014 From Flickers in Time

Tarzan Finds a Son! Directed by Richard Thorpe Written by Cyril Hume based on the characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1939/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental Tarzan: People! This is tolerable but a big step down from the previous film in the series, Tarzan and His Mate. A ... Read full article


Tarzan Thursday – Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

By Bernardo Villela on Jun 27, 2013 From The Movie Rat

As I mentioned in the last post, this film begins a new chapter in the trajectory of this franchise while at MGM. There was a trilogy-style approach to consolidating Jane and Tarzan’s relationship, and now, the next step would be to throw a child into the mix. While it can be said to mirror Ta... Read full article


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Quotes from

[first lines]
Mr. Richard Lancing: Wildebeest again.
Mrs. Richard Lancing: I think we've seen about a million today.


Tarzan: Jane not go! Jane not die!
[pause]
Tarzan: Jane all right?
Jane: Yes Darling. Everything's all right now.


Jane: What's the matter?
Tarzan: People!


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Facts about

In the original script Jane was to have died (Maureen O'Sullivan wanted out of the Tarzan series). Fan protest forced a last-minute rewrite in which Jane recovers from her near-fatal wound, admitting she had been wrong to disobey Tarzan.
Tarzan had to "find" a son, because censors would not allow Jane to become pregnant because she and Tarzan were not legally married.
Tarzan and Boy are filmed playing underwater hide-and-seek in Silver Springs, Florida. Halfway through the shenanigans, a medium-sized alligator can be seen quickly swimming past Tarzan and son and disappearing in the background, without anyone appearing to notice it.
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