With johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, otto kruger, joe sawyer, lloyd corrigan, robert lowery, frank puglia, phil van zandt. To obtain the plants, tarzan must fight prehistoric monsters, nazis, and more. Tarzan and boy set out across the desert looking for the plants and wind up ruining a germans attempt to capture a wild horse. Short clip form tarzans desert mystery 1943 starring johnny weissmuller. Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 american tarzan film directed by wilhelm thiele and starring johnny weissmuller and nancy kelly plot. The beginning of the movie displays a true garden of eden,where you can have what you want for nothing,so why bother to make money or use gold. In this adventure, the jungle king takes on the nazis. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 stream and watch online. Tarzans desert mystery johnny weissmuller 1943 dvdrip.
Tarzans desert mystery is een amerikaanse avonturenfilm uit 1943, geregisseerd door wilhelm thiele. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 in many ways this was the title that inspired not only a chronological viewing of the weissmuller titles but much of the impetus behind the entire series. I read tarzan books and comic books, saw bits and pieces of the tarzan movies on sunday afternoons i couldnt always watch the whole thing because dad got the tv on sundays for football, and owned a book called tarzan of the movies, filled with pictures of hunky men. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 the ape man johnny weissmuller and boy johnny sheffield meet a chorus girl nancy kelly on her way to warn a sheik about nazis. There were rockin clubs and cafes with cool jukeboxes, teen poolside parties with local bands, sometimes it was a seedy bar with a sleazy torch singer, a beatnik coffeehouse, maybe dancing somewhere in outer space. Behind the curtain, eran trece in spanish, the black camel. Like its immediate predecessor, tarzan triumphs, the film makes reference to tarzans mate, jane, played in earlier weissmuller films by maureen osullivan, but it does not show her on screen. During wwii, johnny weissmuller and his tarzan character proved useful for allied propaganda purposes. Mysterious island blue movie poster print x fantasy movies, sci fi movies. If your cloud dvr fills up, well make space by deleting your oldest recordings marked save. Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 film about tarzan searching for a malaria serum for the allies during world war ii. In the onscreen credits, the title card reads edgar rice burroughs tarzans desert mystery. Tarzans desert mystery sol lesser productions 1943.
Nancy kelly march 25, 1921 january 2, 1995 was an american actress. Imprisoned briefly 1933 and 1944, he was inactive in. Tarzans desert mystery rko radio, 1943, directed by wilhelm thiele, the eighth installment to the long running adventure series starring johnny weissmuller as the jungle hero, the second under the rko radio banner, and the only time during weissmullers 16. It was directed by william thiele in 1943 and also starred nancy kelly as connie bryce. Read the full synopsis of tarzans desert mystery, 1943, directed by william thiele, with johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, at turner classic movies. Edgar rice burroughs tarzans desert mystery, tarzan against the sahara, tarzan and the sheik. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 tarzans desert mystery. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi. I found it incredibly difficult to stay awake while watching this film and it took several viewings to be able to do so. Watch tarzans desert mystery trailer film gorillas on dailymotion. Beasts roar, danger abounds and johnny weissmuller swoops into the last 6 of his 12 adventures as films definitive tarzan.
Tarzan collection tarzan triumphs tarzans desert mystery tarzan and the huntress. According to materials contained in the films file in the mpaapca. I had heard good things about this andor triumphs so i was anxious to see this one a first time. Short clip form tarzan s desert mystery 1943 starring johnny weissmuller. Please note that this page does not hosts or makes available any of the listed filenames. A letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzans help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzans desert mystery isnt a great film, but it has its charms. In tarzan escapes we had already seen jane meeting her english cousins and displaying no interest in the rich inheritance. Tarzan fights everyone in this movie, arabs, nazis and even giant spiders. A letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzan s help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzans desert mystery johnny weissmuller 1943 dvdrip oldies.
Find more movies like desert command to watch, latest desert command trailer. In tarzans desert mystery, released at the height of the war in 1943, he is once again battling brownshirts in the libyan desert. If you can take joy in a chimpanzee stealing turbans or an aging olympic champion galumphing about in a loincloth, then this is probably a mustsee. Tarzans desert mystery is a 1943 american tarzan film directed by wilhelm thiele and starring johnny weissmuller and nancy kelly. This clip was taken from a documentary called tarzan at the movies 1996 and the enjoyment of the trailer is marred by the narrators commentary. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 william thiele synopsis.
The combination of director william thiele and writer carroll young who had made tarzan triumphs a fastpaced action drama now managed to produced one of the weakest of weissmullers 12. Like its immediate predecessor, tarzan triumphs, the film makes reference to tarzan s mate, jane, played in earlier weissmuller films by maureen osullivan, but it does not show her on screen. Pg a letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzans. Tarzan meets up with connie bryce nancy kelly, an american showgirl, and tangles. Tarzans desert mystery was johnny weissmullers second rko film, and his eighth as tarzan. Tarzan, boy and cheetah set out to do this but end up fighting arabs. The explanation given is that she is in england helping the war. Although a hr production chart places gerald mohr, ferdinand munier, dorothy adams and nestor paiva in the cast, their appearance in the released film has not been confirmed. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 directed by wilhelm thiele. It is suggested that the main villain is a german agent but that is all which is mentioned. Tarzans desert mystery johnny weissmuller 1943 dvdrip oldies english.
Tarzan and boy set out across the desert looking for the plants and wind up ruining a germans. A child actress and model, she was a repertory cast member of cbs radios the march of time and became a movie leading lady in the late 1930s, while still in her teens. The biggest mystery may not be in the story but in the making of a movie with its curious plot shift and an apparent late rewrite from the original scenario. She made 36 movies between 1926 and 1977, including portraying tyrone powers love interest in the classic jesse james 1939, which also featured henry. Tarzan collection tarzan triumphs tarzans desert mystery. They arrive in an arab city and rescue a stranded american lady magician, sentenced to be hanged for carrying a secret message to the. Made in 1943, tarzans desert mystery is another movie with a distinct antinazi story, although our hero does not fight the germans openly. With tarzans desert mystery the series continues with the ape mans jungle adventures for the war effort. Charlie chan in london, charlie chan in paris, charlie chan in egypt. Released 1943, tarzans desert mystery stars johnny weissmuller, nancy kelly, johnny sheffield, otto kruger the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 10 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. He must cross the desert to obtain a secret medicine.
He also must deal with a yankee showgirl, a few bedouins, a giant spider, and even a few dinosaurs. The first part of a serial film was released in february 1944 with dick purcell as. Tarzan s desert mystery 1943 out of 4 jane, who once again sends tarzan a letter saying she isnt coming home, also asks her boyfriend to get a secret formula that can cure troops fighting in the war. Tarzans desert mystery full movie watch online, stream or. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Tarzan faces his fiercest foe a letter from jane, who is nursing british troops, asks tarzans help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 the movie database tmdb. Tarzan the fearless retro movie poster canvas print old movie posters. In the film tarzan triumphs, the plot had the ape man fighting nazis in africa.
They arrive in an arab city and rescue a stranded american lady magician, sentenced to be hanged for carrying a secret message to the sheik. By almost any standard, tarzans desert mystery seems a bad movie. Now tarzan isnt going out of his way to engage the axis powers, they just keep crossing paths, and when you try and cross tarzan it doesnt matter who youre working for. Gallery of 19 movie poster and cover images for tarzans desert mystery 1943. Tarzans secret treasure is not the gold they find in the water. The working title of this film was tarzan and the sheik. Next, he welcomes jane brenda joyce home and champions a secluded female tribe in tarzan and the amazons. Background sol lesser, a producer with a weakness for formulagrinding and also keen to repeat the financial success oftarzan triumphs, decided to quickly churn out another tarzan against the nazis film. And jane is away and tarzan is running around with another girl in. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 out of 4 jane, who once again sends tarzan a letter saying she isnt coming home, also asks her boyfriend to get a secret formula that can cure troops fighting in the war. Tarzans desert mystery 1943 web of the big damn spider. Johnny weissmuller nancy kelly johnny sheffield 1943 the ape man johnny weissmuller and boy johnny sheffield meet a chorus girl. The vine swinger provides world war ii heroics in tarzan triumphs and tarzans desert mystery. Horror, science fiction, fantasy, spy, superhero, jd, thriller and noir films, thats what we like, and a recurring theme in a lot of those kinds of movies has always been music.