{"id":48108,"date":"2020-03-17T08:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48108"},"modified":"2020-11-23T20:06:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T03:06:50","slug":"tarzans-secret-treasure-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48108","title":{"rendered":"Tarzan&#8217;s Secret Treasure (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Gold no good &#8212; Tarzan get dinner!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Poster-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Poster-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Poster-88x128.jpg 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Poster.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen two nefarious explorers (Tom Conway and Philip Dorn) &#8212; accompanied by a photographer (Barry Fitzgerald) &#8212; discover there&#8217;s gold near where Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller), Jane (Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan), and their son Boy (Johnny Sheffield) live, they will stop at nothing to obtain it.\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>Barry Fitzgerald Films<\/li>\n<li>Gold Seekers<\/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;fifth entry in MGM&#8217;s Johnny Weissmuller-Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan series&#8221; has a &#8220;pretty standard&#8221; plot and is &#8220;a bit on the juvenile level&#8221;, adding that the &#8220;budget cutbacks forced director Richard Thorpe to include action footage from <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27221\"><em>Tarzan and His Mate<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48071\"><em>Tarzan Escapes<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; However, he notes that &#8220;O&#8217;Sullivan is lovely&#8221; (when is she ever not?):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Jane.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Jane.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1591\" height=\"1015\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Jane.png 1591w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Jane-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Jane-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Jane-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Jane-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Jane-1536x980.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Jane-423x270.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1591px) 100vw, 1591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Conway is vile:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Conway.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Conway.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1597\" height=\"1017\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Conway.png 1597w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Conway-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Conway-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Conway-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Conway-768x489.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Conway-1536x978.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Conway-424x270.png 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1597px) 100vw, 1597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Weissmuller is an ideal adventure hero&#8221;, as evidenced in the &#8220;exciting finale&#8221; when Tarzan &#8220;swims to the rescue, fights a giant crocodile, battles cannibals, and calls on the elephants.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Swimming.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Swimming.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1603\" height=\"1029\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Swimming.png 1603w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Swimming-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Swimming-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Swimming-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Swimming-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Swimming-1536x986.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Swimming-421x270.png 421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1603px) 100vw, 1603px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Elephants.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Elephants.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1633\" height=\"1021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Elephants.png 1633w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Elephants-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Elephants-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Elephants-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Elephants-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Elephants-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Elephants-432x270.png 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1633px) 100vw, 1633px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that &#8220;the most interesting aspect of the film, considering the entire series was accused (rightly at times) of racism, is that a little black orphan boy [Cordell Hickman] becomes an adopted member of Tarzan&#8217;s family and is right there with them at the end&#8221; (though &#8220;predictably, he wasn&#8217;t even mentioned in the next Tarzan film&#8221;). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Family.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Family.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1617\" height=\"1023\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Family.png 1617w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Family-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Family-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Family-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Family-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Family-1536x972.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Family-427x270.png 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1617px) 100vw, 1617px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, there&#8217;s absolutely nothing to distinguish this flick from others in the series: it follows the same exact formula, down to final capture by a &#8220;savage&#8221; local tribe. Only diehard fans of the series need check this one out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The refreshing presence of a humanized African boy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Humanizing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Humanizing-1024x633.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Humanizing-1024x633.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Humanizing-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Humanizing-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Humanizing-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Humanizing-1536x950.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tarzans-Secret-Treasure-Humanizing.png 1561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope; this is yet another <em>GFTFF<\/em> title fanatics can feel free to skip. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0034266\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3092&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/3628\/Tarzan-s-Secret-Treasure\/articles.html\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1941\/12\/25\/archives\/tarzans-secret-treasure-ushers-in-holiday-at-capitol-look-whos.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/fantasy\/tarzans-secret-treasure-1941.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Gold no good &#8212; Tarzan get dinner!&#8221; Synopsis: When two nefarious explorers (Tom Conway and Philip Dorn) &#8212; accompanied by a photographer (Barry Fitzgerald) &#8212; discover there&#8217;s gold near where Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller), Jane (Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan), and their son Boy (Johnny Sheffield) live, they will stop at nothing to obtain it. Genres: Africa Barry Fitzgerald Films Gold Seekers Jungles Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan Films Tarzan Films Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary writes that this &#8220;fifth entry in MGM&#8217;s Johnny Weissmuller-Maureen O&#8217;Sullivan series&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48108\"> 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-48108","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\/48108","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=48108"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54273,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48108\/revisions\/54273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}