Thursday, July 25, 2019

Tarzan's Revenge (1938)

A middling jungle romp. Eleanor (Eleanor Holm) is on a trip to Africa with her parents and her fiance (George Meeker), who is a bit wet though likes shooting animals with his rifle. The local sultan Ben Alleu Bey (C. Henry Gordon) likes the look of Eleanor who fancies adding a feisty American woman to his harem...

Tarzan (Glen Morris) also takes a liking to Eleanor when he finds he stuck in a pond. Nobody believes Eleanor when she tells the others about Tarzan. However their paths soon cross again...

Not the best Tarzan though, he acts rather childish and barely says a word. However as Morris was a former Olympic decathlete he certainly had the physique! Eleanor makes the film though, which is just as well as there isn't a great deal of acting going on from anyone else. Expect dated stereotypes, animal exploitation and a rather thin plot. It shouldn't be taken very seriously.