Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) on Netflix
Approved19481h 8mActionAdventureRomance
On a forbidden island, Mara is promised in marriage to the god Balu. Palanth, the high priest, intends to see it done. She flees into the jungle, where Tarzan finds her.
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Plot summary
Mara lives on a remote island whose people swim and dive. The village has pledged her in marriage to their god, and Palanth, the high priest, wants the marriage carried out. Varga is a pearl trader who passes himself off as the god Balu. Mara runs away and reaches the jungle, where Tarzan comes upon her and leads her to Jane and Cheetah. Boy, the son of Tarzan and Jane, is away at school in England.
Cast
- Stephen Berneas Aquitanian
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
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- Two members of the film crew were killed during production: one Mexican crew member was crushed by a motorboat, and Angel Garcia, a stunt diver who doubled for Tarzan's high dive, survived the dive but was swept by the surf into the rocks below the cliff.
- Writing in Turner Classic Movies, Richard Harlan Smith reported that sets were destroyed by storms, that Sol Lesser suffered a heart attack that necessitated his departure from the location, and that Weissmuller had a case of sunburn which required him to wear make-up for the first time in his career.
