Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)

Director:

Kurt Neumann

Writers:

Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters)
Carroll Young (screenplay)
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Release Date:

January 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

An Exotic Beauty Rules The Jungle !

Plot:

An African tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa...

Plot Keywords:

Loincloth | Shirtless Boy | Sequel | Chimpanzee | Fight

Cast

Johnny Weissmuller	...	Tarzan
Brenda Joyce	...	Jane
Johnny Sheffield	...	Boy
Acquanetta	...	Lea, the High Priestess
Edgar Barrier	...	Dr. Ameer Lazar
Dennis Hoey	...	Commissioner
Tommy Cook	...	Kimba
Anthony Caruso	...	Mongo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Barron	...	Caravaneer (uncredited)
Ted Billings	...	Native Passerby (uncredited)
Ray Dolciame	...	Leopard Boy (uncredited)
Iris Flores	...	Zambesi Maiden (uncredited)
Bobby Frasco	...	Leopard Boy (uncredited)
Helen Gerald	...	Zambesi Maiden (uncredited)
'King Kong' Kashey	...	Tongolo the Terrible (uncredited)
George J. Lewis	...	Corporal (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd	...	Miss Wetherby, School Superintendent (uncredited)
Louis Mercier	...	Snake Charmer (uncredited)
Lillian Molieri	...	Zambesi Maiden (uncredited)
Neyle Morrow	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Charles Regan	...	Leopard Man (uncredited)
Georges Renavent	...	Ivory Merchant (uncredited)
John Roth	...	Leopard Man (uncredited)
Bobby Samrich	...	Leopard Boy (uncredited)
Cy Schindell	...	Leopard Man (uncredited)
John Shay	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Kay Solinas	...	Zambesi Maiden (uncredited)
Robert Strong	...	Leopard Man (uncredited)
Ken Terrell	...	Leopard Man (uncredited)
Marek Windheim	...	Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Directed by
Kurt Neumann

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Edgar Rice Burroughs		characters
Carroll Young		screenplay
Carroll Young		story

Produced by
Sol Lesser	....	producer
Kurt Neumann	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Paul Sawtell

Cinematography by
Karl Struss

Film Editing by
Robert O. Crandall

Production Design by
Phil Paradise

Art Direction by
Lewis H. Creber		(as Lewis Creber)

Makeup Department
Irving Berns	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Clem Beauchamp	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott R. Beal	....	assistant director

Sound Department
John R. Carter	....	sound technician

Stunts
Paul Stader	....	stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Martien	....	wardrober

Other crew
Lester Horton	....	dance director
Olga Celeste	....	leopard trainer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Sol Lesser Productions

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1946) (USA) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1950) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1951) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Banner Productions (1960) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)

Also Known As:

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #11099)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

Sol Lesser Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: Before Kimba goes off to spy on Tarzan and later befriend him, Lea and Kimba are both talking in front of a mirror, approximately two feet from each other. When the camera pans back for a wide shot, they are both further apart.

Movie Connections:

Follows Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

Not The Tarzan Clan I Remember

This was a little strange to view at first because I had never seen a Johnny Weismuller-Tarzan film of the 1940s. I was only familiar with the earlier stuff with Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan as "Jane." By the mid '40s when this was made (and others), Brenda Joyce had replace O'Sullivan. A blonde-haired "Jane" looked strange to me. Their son, "Boy," still played by Johnny Sheffield, was another shock of sorts. He now was a teenager with muscles and a changing voice. That didn't look or sound right!

Tarzan himself had become a regular English-speaking person, even though he still lived in the jungle. He came into town and everyone knew him and talked to him as if he was one of them. It was just all too strange.

Meanwhile, "the leopard woman" (Acquanetta) wasn't as mysterious as she was billed nor was she much of an actress, just a pretty face. She didn't have that big a role, anyway.

All in all, not a video worth keeping.