Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) on Netflix
Passed19421h 11mActionAdventure
Circus men land a plane on Tarzan's escarpment. Their leader, Buck Rand, sees Boy as an act. When a jungle fire breaks out, Rand takes the boy, and Tarzan and Jane follow.
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Plot summary
A cargo aircraft lands on the escarpment in Africa, where Tarzan, Jane, and their adopted son Boy live. The men aboard are gathering animals for circus acts in the United States, and their leader, Buck Rand, runs the circus. Watching Boy put three young elephants through their tricks, Rand decides the boy would make a great act. Natives attack and set a large jungle fire, and Rand leaves in the plane with Boy. The chimpanzee Cheeta wakes Tarzan and Jane and tells them what happened. The three of them cross the jungle and fly over the Atlantic to New York City, where Tarzan is puzzled by the ways and machines of civilization.
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- Eddie Kaneas Eddie, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
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- Popular mythology claims Johnny Weissmuller did his own high-dive stunt, a 200 ft jump from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, but according to ERBzine the shot was filmed by cameraman Jack Smith on top of the MGM scenic tower on lot 3, using a dummy plunging into a tank of water.
- Elmo Lincoln, who in 1918 was the first actor to star as Tarzan, turns up uncredited as a circus roustabout in what was the last film in the series for MGM.
