{"id":48071,"date":"2020-03-15T19:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T02:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48071"},"modified":"2020-11-23T19:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T02:33:10","slug":"tarzan-escapes-1936","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48071","title":{"rendered":"Tarzan Escapes (1936)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Out here, Tarzan&#8217;s a king. How do I know what he&#8217;d be back there?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Escapes-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Escapes-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Escapes-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Escapes-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Escapes-Poster.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen her cousins (Benita Hume and William Henry) arrive for a visit in the jungle, Jane (Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan) and her mate Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) are eager to host them and the professional hunter (John Buckler) they&#8217;re travelling with &#8212; but when Jane learns she must head back to the U.S. to sign inheritance paperwork, she worries what the impact will be on Tarzan.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Africa<\/li>\n<li>Inheritance<\/li>\n<li>Jungles<\/li>\n<li>Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan Films<\/li>\n<li>Tarzan Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;third entry in the Johnny Weissmuller-Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan [Tarzan] series&#8221; marked &#8220;the turning point&#8230; from adult fare to family entertainment&#8221;, given that &#8220;not only was Jane expected to wear a costume several times the one she wore in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27221\"><em>Tarzan and His Mate<\/em><\/a>, but several scenes considered too horrifying for children were either reshot or eliminated (including the legendary vampire-bat sequence)&#8221;. (Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erbzine.com\/mag21\/2141.html\">this article<\/a> for more detailed information on the film&#8217;s original iteration.) While Peary concedes that &#8220;Tarzan fans will enjoy the film&#8221;, other film fanatics can feel free to skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography-128x93.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography2.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzam-Escapes-Cinematography2-128x93.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for completists of the series. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0028345\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2477&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/fantasy\/tarzan-escapes-1936.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/tarzanbox.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/3185\/tarzan-escapes#articles-reviews?articleId=76282\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Out here, Tarzan&#8217;s a king. How do I know what he&#8217;d be back there?&#8221; Synopsis: When her cousins (Benita Hume and William Henry) arrive for a visit in the jungle, Jane (Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan) and her mate Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) are eager to host them and the professional hunter (John Buckler) they&#8217;re travelling with &#8212; but when Jane learns she must head back to the U.S. to sign inheritance paperwork, she worries what the impact will be on Tarzan. Genres: Africa&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48071\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48071"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54258,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48071\/revisions\/54258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}