{"id":48095,"date":"2020-03-16T09:08:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T16:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48095"},"modified":"2020-11-23T19:42:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T02:42:23","slug":"tarzan-finds-a-son-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48095","title":{"rendered":"Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Go to your father, Boy &#8212; and later on, he&#8217;ll teach you all the things you&#8217;ll ever need to know in the jungle.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Poster-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Poster-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Poster-88x128.jpg 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Poster.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter a plane crashes nearby their home, Jane (Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan) and Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) adopt the sole survivor &#8212; a baby who grows into an active young child they call Boy (John Sheffield). When the child&#8217;s aunt (Frieda Inescort), uncle (Ian Hunter), and another relative (Henry Stephenson) arrive to learn more about their missing relatives, they find Boy and plan to take him back to London &#8212; but will Jane and Tarzan allow their beloved son to leave?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adoption<\/li>\n<li>Africa<\/li>\n<li>Ian Hunter Films<\/li>\n<li>Jungles<\/li>\n<li>Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan Films<\/li>\n<li>Raising Kids<\/li>\n<li>Tarzan Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary notes that this &#8220;fourth entry into Metro&#8217;s Johnny Weissmuller-Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan Tarzan series&#8221; was &#8220;supposed to be the unhappy O&#8217;Sullivan&#8217;s last, so the studio decided to kill Jane off and fill the gap in Tarzan&#8217;s life with a young adopted son, Boy&#8221; &#8212; but &#8220;fortunately, so much pressure was placed on the studio by Tarzan fans that Jane does not die, although the entire script most definitely leads up to her demise at the end&#8221; and &#8220;her recovery from a fatal injury is miraculous&#8221;. He argues that the &#8220;film is entertaining, although there&#8217;s too much footage of Tarzan and Boy swimming around and not enough intimacy between Tarzan and Jane (a bad sign that the series was becoming less adult)&#8221; &#8212; though I can&#8217;t quite agree; the presence of an active young boy brings welcome excitement and tension to the proceedings, as he&#8217;s in near-constant danger from the wildlife around him (check out those huge spiders!). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Boy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Boy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1629\" height=\"1023\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Boy.png 1629w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Boy-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Boy-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Boy-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Boy-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Boy-1536x965.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Boy-430x270.png 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1629px) 100vw, 1629px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spider.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1643\" height=\"1021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spider.png 1643w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spider-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spider-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spider-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spider-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spider-1536x955.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spider-434x270.png 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1643px) 100vw, 1643px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hunter and Inescort are appropriately smarmy as the dubious relatives clearly on the take for money, not the privilege of parenting Boy. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Uncle-Aunt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Uncle-Aunt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1647\" height=\"1037\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Uncle-Aunt.png 1647w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Uncle-Aunt-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Uncle-Aunt-1024x645.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Uncle-Aunt-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Uncle-Aunt-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Uncle-Aunt-1536x967.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Uncle-Aunt-429x270.png 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1647px) 100vw, 1647px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Several memorable moments &#8212; such as Tarzan swimming with Boy, and Boy caught in a large spider web<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Swimming-Turtle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Swimming-Turtle-1024x624.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Swimming-Turtle-1024x624.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Swimming-Turtle-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Swimming-Turtle-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Swimming-Turtle-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Swimming-Turtle-1536x936.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Swimming-Turtle.png 1571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spiders.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spiders-1024x660.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spiders-1024x660.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spiders-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spiders-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spiders-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzan-Finds-a-Son-Spiders.png 1521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; while reasonably well-made, this one is only must-see for fans of the series. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0032007\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2015\/07\/26\/tarzan-finds-a-son-1939\/\">Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/fantasy\/tarzan-finds-a-son-1939.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/92383\/tarzan-finds-a-son#articles-reviews?articleId=76283\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2731&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Go to your father, Boy &#8212; and later on, he&#8217;ll teach you all the things you&#8217;ll ever need to know in the jungle.&#8221; Synopsis: After a plane crashes nearby their home, Jane (Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan) and Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) adopt the sole survivor &#8212; a baby who grows into an active young child they call Boy (John Sheffield). When the child&#8217;s aunt (Frieda Inescort), uncle (Ian Hunter), and another relative (Henry Stephenson) arrive to learn more about their missing relatives, they&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48095\"> 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-48095","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\/48095","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=48095"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54265,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48095\/revisions\/54265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}