Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1942
Running Times: 71 mins
Length: 1937.61 metres
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Loew's Inc / MGM
Producer: Frederick Stephani

SCRIPT
Script: William R. Lipman
Story: Myles Connolly
Characters: Edgar Rice Burroughs

DIRECTION
Director: Richard Thorpe

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Sidney Wagner

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Gene Ruggiero

MUSIC
Music: David Snell
Songs: Matty Malneck, Fud Livingston, Gus Kahn (I'm Through With Love); Amilcare Ponchielli (Dance of the Hours; from the opera La Gioconda)
Song Performed By: Virginia Grey (dubbed by Vera Van) (I'm Through With Love)

SOUND
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Sound System: Western Electric Sound System

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Gowns: Shoup (real name: Howard Shoup)

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Cedric Gibbons
Associate Art Director: Howard Campbell
Set Decorator: Edwin B. Willis

CAST
Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan)
Maureen O'Sullivan (Jane)
Johnny Sheffield (Boy)
Virginia Grey (Connie Beach)
Charles Bickford (Buck Rand)
Paul Kelly (Jimmie Shields)
Chill Wills (Manchester Montford)
Cy Kendall (Colonel Ralph Sergeant)
Russell Hicks (Judge Abbotson)
Howard Hickman (Blake Norton)
Charles Lane (Gould Beaton)
Miles Mander (portmaster)

PLOT SUMMARY

Boy is kidnapped by ruthless circus owner Buck Rand who plans to have him perform in his show. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York where they are forced to court to fight a legal battle over Boy's custody.

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: Continental Home Vídeo
DVD Distributors: ClassicLine

USA
Theatrical Distributors: MGM
Video Distributors: MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc
DVD Distributors: Warner Home Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: G

Finland
Rating: S

Norway
Rating: 7

Sweden
Rating: Btl

USA
Rating: Approved (PCA #5040)

TIMELINE

1941
December
17: USA - production begins

1942
January
28: USA - production ends

May
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

June
30: Canada - theatrical release

1943
December
3: Sweden - theatrical release

1944
April
9: Finland - theatrical release

1947
April
7: Denmark - theatrical release

1948
April
30: USA - theatrical re-release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Les aventures de Tarzan à New-York - French title
Tarzan a New York - Italian title
Tarzan Against the World - working title
Tarzan Contra o Mundo - Brazilian title
Tarzan em Nova Iorque - Portugese title
Tarzán en Nueva York - Spanish title
Tarzan i New York - Danish title
Tarzan suurkaupungissa - Finnish title
Tarzans Abenteuer in New York - Austrian / German title
Tarzans äventyr i New York - Swedish title

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Tarzan: The Legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1996)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television by David Fury (Jefferson NC: McFarland (1994))
review

Tarzan of the Movies by Gabe Essoe (Secaucus, New Jersey: The Citadel Press (1968) ISBN: 0806502959)
review

KEYWORDS

africa, animals, apes, aircraft, brooklyn bridge, chimpanzees, elephants, hotels, hunters, judges, jungles, lions, nightclubs, police, sequels, showers, singers, skyscrapers, statue of liberty, tailors, tarzan, taxis, trapezes

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009