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(Tarzan with Clothes on.)

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"Tarzan with clothes on" J. Weissmuller. Jungle Jim When athletic Johnny Weiss-muller left the Tarzan series after sixteen years in the role, enterprising producer Sam Katzman proposed a new series that would enable the more mature but still rugged star to cavort in familiar surround-ings. It was Jungle Jim, presold to an anxious audience via a successful comic strip and radio show. One critic accurately summed it up as "Tarzan with clothes on." The series was sure-fire and performed well at the box office for seven years, despite a conspicuous absence of commen-dation by the critics. From the first film, JUNGLE JIM, to the last, DEVIL GOD-DESS, the series was noted for its in-credible plots and rousing action scenes, aimed primarily at juvenile audiences. Most efforts had Jungle Jim helping some Columbia Pictures heroine in distress (a lady scientist seeking a rare drug, a WAC captain lost in the jungle, etc.) and getting tangled up with hostile natives, voodoo curses, and nefarious villains (often all three at once). In the last three films of the series (CANNIBAL ATTACK, JUNGLE MOON MEN, DEVIL GODDESS) the name Jungle Jim was dropped and Weiss-muller played himself, but the format re-mained the same, with Johnny's ever-faith-ful chimpanzee friend Tamba at his side. Perhaps the highlight of the series was CAPTIVE GIRL, an average entry which had the distinction of Buster Crabbe, whose career paralleled Weissmuller's in many ways, as the villain. 73m. D: William Berke.

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