Tarzan the Fearless (1933)

Director:

Robert F. Hill

Writers:

Walter Anthony (screenplay)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (character)
(more)

Release Date:

11 August 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

Romance! Adventure! Thrills!

Plot:

Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of "the people of Zar...

Plot Keywords:

Tarzan | Cave | Jungle | Rescue | Photograph

Cast

Buster Crabbe	...	Tarzan
Julie Bishop	...	Mary Brooks (as Jaqueline Wells)
E. Alyn Warren	...	Dr. Brooks, Mary's Father
Edward Woods	...	Bob Hall (as Eddie Woods)
Philo McCullough	...	Jeff Herbert, Villainous Safari Guide
Matthew Betz	...	Nick Moran, Villainous Safari Guide
Frank Lackteen	...	Abdul, Aide to the High Priest
Mischa Auer	...	Eltar, High Priest of Zar
Carlotta Monti	...	Madi, Priestess of Zar
Symona Boniface	...	Sara, Arab Woman, Conspiring with Abdul
Darby Jones	...	Anga, the Head Bearer
Al Kikume	...	Warrior
George DeNormand	...	Guard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Everett Brown	...	Bearer (uncredited)
Philip Sleeman	...	Slave Trader (uncredited)
Ivory Williams	...	Unga (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert F. Hill		(as Robert Hill)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Walter Anthony		screenplay
Edgar Rice Burroughs		character
Basil Dickey		adaptation and scenario
George H. Plympton		adaptation and scenario (as George Plympton)

Produced by
Sol Lesser	....	producer

Cinematography by
Joseph Brotherton		(photographed by)
Harry Neumann		(photographed by)

Film Editing by
Carl Himm

Production Management
Julian Lesser	....	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Theodore Joos	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Charles J. Hunt	....	sound editor

Stunts
George DeNormand	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Bert Goodrich	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Red Knight	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Nellie Walker	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Thelma Warren	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Music Department
Abe Meyer	....	music supervisor
Henry Hadley	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Hugo Riesenfeld	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Milan Roder	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Oliver Wallace	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Sam Wineland	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Other crew
William Lord Wright	....	screenplay supervisor (as Wm. Lord Wright)
Walter Anthony	....	dialogue director (uncredited)
David Holt	....	human double: chimpanzee (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Sol Lesser Productions (as Principal Productions Inc.)

Distributors

• Principal Distributing Corporation (1933) (USA) (theatrical)
• Wardour Films (1933) (UK) (theatrical)
• Madacy Entertainment (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Madacy Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• D3K Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Pop Flix (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Punto Zero (2008) (Italy) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Balsley and Phillips  sound recording

Also Known As:

Tarzan the Invincible (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

200 min (12 episodes) | USA:61 min (feature) | UK:86 min (feature)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sol Lesser Productions

Trivia:

The surviving 86 minute UK feature version, released by Wardour Films, resolves many of the plot issues left hanging in the considerably shorter 61 minute USA feature version released by Principal Distributing Corporation.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Troldspejlet Special: Bag Disneys Tarzan (#22.10)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Call of Tarzan

Not as bad as I've heard

Buster Crabbe plays Tarzan in this short movie that was the first 4 episodes of a serial. He's GOT to be the first blonde Tarzan ever! I heard this was just awful. I admit the plot jumps around and the print I saw was in terrible condition--but I liked it. Mostly it was because of Crabbe--he had a beautiful, muscular body and was much better-looking than Johnny Weismuller. He also acted better--Weismuller always had a blank look on his face--Crabbe changes expression often. Also he wore the skimpiest lion cloth I've ever seen. His acting wasn't bad either--I was pretty surprised! He hated making this though--he said the "damned" monkey who played Cheetah was always biting him! I realize it's a matter of taste but I think Crabbe was easily the best-looking and sexist Tarzan ever.

Worth taking a look at.