Hitchcoc It's interesting how movies slumped after the censors got their out of joint noses involved. Our Puritan foundation really diminished a lot of film for many years (in some ways, it's still happening today). Like "Bride of Frankenstein" surpassing the original, "Tarzan and His Mate" is superior to the first Weissmuller film. Maureen O'Sullivan is incredible to look at, but has all the feistiness and self esteem to hold her own with the big guy. But most importantly, the producers and writers asked themselves what a true depiction of these two, living in the jungle, should be like. They went for the rawness. In addition to the recognition of the sexuality in this film, it is filled with well crafted adventures and close calls. Efforts are still being made by the Westerners to try to reclaim the beautiful young woman. These movies were much more fundamental than the silly stuff that came later, as professional body builders and football players got into the mix. When filmmakers had to work with less, they often had to resort to creativity and imagination.

dougdoepke Plot-- Two money-hungry Englishmen organize a safari to Africa to bring back prizes of elephant ivory and a reluctant Jane Parker. Trouble is she seems to prefer an apeman, a loincloth, and a cave to city sophisticates, evening gowns and country mansions. In the safari process, however, they overlook that even the jungle has its laws.Thanks TCM for showing the movie's uncensored version. I expect the morality watchdogs must have overdosed on 1934 viewing. But there's a heckuva lot more to the movie than bared female skin and two unmarried people living together. O'Sullivan's absolutely enchanting as Jane. Her charm even outshines herds of stampeding elephants and bands of chattering chimps. More importantly, I think I've got her bare hips memorized. Then too, add a man of few words, the lean and lithe Weismuller, to the movie mix. He's perfect as lord of the jungle, more at home in the wilds than in the city, traveling by swinging vine instead of clogged freeway. Then too, I detect a topical allegory lurking in the subtext. Something about living in harmony with nature rather than trying to plunder it. Sure, nature here is a creation of studio wizards at MGM, and not the real Africa. Still, the results are impressive as heck, even with backscreen projection and liberal use of matte. But since when did I go to adventure movies expecting documentary realism. That I'll leave to the textbooks and PBS. Actually, my favorite movie moment is when thoughtless chimp Cheetah decides to tease three baby lions, only to find that a muscular mother doesn't quite understand. It's an amusing little touch. Anyhow, if there's a better Tarzan movie, I haven't seen it, even if this one is an antique. Meanwhile, I'm off to the jungle with visions of loincloth Jane dancing in my head. Okay, maybe not, but it's still a big thanks to this great movie.

Ben Larson Scandalous! Pre-production code, this film has Tarzan and Jane sharing quarters even though they were not married, Jane running around in an outfit that barely covered her, and they even skinny-dipped. Tame stuff today, but it brought about an enforcement of the movie production code and the film was edited before release. Fortunately, the complete movie exists and we can see what all the hullabaloo was about.Seeing Tarzan fight the rhino or the crocodile was worth the price of admission. It was thrilling. Of course, with Jane, it seems he was always fighting something.The real stars of the movie were the animals, especially Cheeta.

robgar71 (Warning! This contains spoiler!) The costume Jane wears is just a loincloth, of the same type Tarzan wears. It consists of a belt and a piece of cloth that goes between the legs and with enough material to allow for a flap in front and another one in the back. Therefore, Jane's costume does not consist, as erroneously pointed out, of just two flaps hanging from a belt and nothing underneath. The pubes are perfectly well covered; most of the area of the buttocks is also covered. This inner part of the loincloth that goes between the legs is no narrower than the thong bathing suits or thong underwear, and certainly no narrower than a g-string garment. If you were to look at it from the side, the loincloth would look roughly like a letter M: the two vertical lines make out the front and back flaps and the two slanted lines make out the "thong." In the scene with the lions, near the end of the movie (starting at 1:38:13), Jane's pubes are not exposed at all. The thing is that the movie is black and white and in the scene mentioned the "thong" shows up very pale gray and it may look as if it does not exist at all, so people say "Jane's pubes are exposed." Well, nothing of this sort. Examine other scenes where the "thong" is clearly shown: • At 24:31 Jane jumps and lands into Tarzan's arms. You can see the loincloth's inner portion as the back flop has moved sideways to Jane's right and uncovers the inner portion. • At 54:43, as the leopard approaches, Jane gets up. A bit of the right part of the "thong" is revealed. • At 55:22 (scene with the crocodile, as Jane flips and turns, the "thong" shows clearly. Also at 55:35-39. • At 1:26:14, as Jane and the hunters run from the tribe, her back flap lifts up and the "thong" shows clearly. • Just after the scene with the lions, Jane climbs onto the rocks and at 1:38:48 you can see a bit of the "thong" from underneath.Each of the few times the "thong" shows lasts very little. And the pubes are always concealed.