Tarzan the Fearless [Serial] (1933)
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If MGM could cast an Olympic champion it its Tarzan series, so could Sol Lesser's Principal Pictures. Thus it was that Larry "Buster" Crabbe, gold-medal winner for the 400 meter free-style swimming event in the 1932 L.A. Olympics, played the title role in Principal's 15-chapter serial Tarzan the Fearless. One of the few Tarzan epics actually based on a story by Edgar Rice Burroughs, this one finds the Lord of the Jungle protecting pulchritudinous heroine Mary Brooks (Jacqueline Wells) from the villainous machinations of the High Priest (Mischa Auer) of Zar, God of the Jeweled Fingers. Tarzan must also avoid Jeff (Philo McCullough), a bounty hunter who has been offered a huge reward to bring the ape man to Civilization -- dead or alive! This 60-minute feature-length version of Tarzan the Fearless is mostly comprised of the first four chapters, with a rather abrupt wrap-up of several plotlines in the final two reels; another feature version, running 86 minutes, was prepared for television in 1960. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Larry "Buster" Crabbe - Tarzan
- E. Alyn Warren - Dr. Brooks
- Philo McCullough - Jeff, villainous safari guide
- Matthew Betz - Nick, villainous safari guide
- George de Normand - Guard
- Symona Boniface - Arab Woman
- Al Kikume - Warrior
- Jacqueline Wells - Mary Brooks
- Edward Woods - Bob Hall
- Mischa Auer - Eltar, High Priest
- Frank Lackteen - Abdul
- Carlotta Monti - Priestess of Zar
- Darby Jones - Head Bearer
- Director(s):
- Robert F. Hill
- Writer(s):
- Basil Dickey, Walter Anthony, Ford I. Beebe
- Producer(s):
- Sol Lesser
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