TARZAN THE APE MAN1932
Tarzan the Ape Man
Movie Rating
MOVIE RATING
Average Rating: 4.0 (out of 5) (97 votes cast)
Source of Film
SOURCE OF FILM
Edgar Rice Burroughs had still to publish his first novel when Tarzan of the Apes came out as a serial in The All-Story magazine in 1912. The novel was published in 1914 and became a best-seller.
The original silent film versions of the novel were released in 1918 as Tarzan of the Apes and The Romance of Tarzan and distributed by First National.
The MGM adaptation was completed by Cyril Hume who had written the dialogue for Trader Horn (1931), the first non-documentary feature shot on-location in Africa.
Director Detail
DIRECTOR DETAIL
- W.S. Van Dyke
- D.W. Griffith
- (1914)
- Triangle Film
- (1915)
- Jesse L. Lasky Feature Plays
- (1916)
- Essanay Film Manufacturing
- (1917)
- independent
- (1918-1924)
- Fox Film
- (1925-1926)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- (1927-1942)
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
1 hour, 40 minutes
Ivory hunters come across a human 'ape man' who abducts the only woman in the party. Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan star in the seminal picture of this series.
Film Comments
FILM COMMENTS
MPAA Rating
MPAA RATING
No rating
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1932 Domestic Box Office Rank: #7[1]
- 1932 Worldwide Box Office Rank: #1[1]
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $156[1]
Original Film Distributor
DISTRIBUTOR
Location Filming
LOCATION
- Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California
On-location stock footage from W.S. Van Dyke's previous directorial effort, Trader Horn (1931) was used extensively in this film.