Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Writers:

Myles Connolly (screenplay) and
Paul Gangelin (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 December 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Romance

Tagline:

New Thrills

Plot:

Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold.

Plot Keywords:

Tarzan | Gold | Jungle | Elephant | Rescue

Cast

Johnny Weissmuller	...	Tarzan
Maureen O'Sullivan	...	Jane Parker
Johnny Sheffield	...	Boy (as John Sheffield)
Reginald Owen	...	Professor Elliott
Barry Fitzgerald	...	O'Doul
Tom Conway	...	Medford
Philip Dorn	...	Vandermeer
Cordell Hickman	...	Tumbo

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (Sepiatone) (blue tone)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

UK:U | Australia:G | Finland:S | Norway:7 | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #7624)

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Loew's

Trivia:

Due to many budget cutbacks following the death of Irving Thalberg many stock shots from former movies were used.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the natives are hurling spears at the truck, the tips of some of the spears bend, flex, or rebound (they are obviously made of rubber or foam).

Quotes:

[first title card]
Title Card: DEEP IN AFRICA, BEYOND ALL THE TRAILS KNOWN TO WHITE HUNTERS THERE IS AN ESCARPMENT - A SHEER CLIFF, WHICH LEGEND SAYS "RISES FROM THE PLAINS TO SUPPORT THE STARS".

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle (2004) (V)

Fun old movies, but....

I love the old Johnny Weissmuller/MGM "Tarzan" movies of the 1930s and 40s. I have them all six of them on laserdisc from the 1990s, but I have to wonder in what form they will arrive on DVD -- if ever? Watching "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" (1941) today I was amazed to hear for the first time, after many viewings, Barry Fitzgerald's O'Doul character refer to a little black native boy as a "pickaninny." In the earlier Tarzan movies the blacks are constantly called "boy" and other derogatory terms and often casually shot by white men for disobeying orders. I'm not sure, but I think there may be a problem with this being released on DVD today, but my point is that I DON'T want to see these films edited in any way. They're time capsules of entertainment from an earlier era, and they should be preserved.