About this episode
This episode explores the classic films 'Tarzan The Ape Man' and 'Peter Pan', discussing their production and impact.
Even though it's Star Wars Day, someone else can talk about Luke & Leia. What I have is a super-long episode about much-older movies: the 1932 Tarzan & the 1924 Pan. Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan star in an exciting, sexy, action-adventure story. They worked with lions and hippos and crocs (and actors in animal suits) and it's all convincingly done, especially since none of the principal photography was actually in Africa. Then I talked about the boy who just refuses to age. Betty Bronson's Peter is going to stay in Never(Never)Land forever and ever (and ever)...even if Ernest Torrence's Captain Hook is gunning for his insouciant head. The film is well-made and the acting is not bad either, even if the concept is remarkably mockable. So check out my monlogues about some more good (and sometimes bad) guys here in Heroes Month in this 737th episode: Tarzan The Ape Man and Peter Pan. Be a subscriber to Have You Ever Seen in your app, but also take a little time to rate the show and even write a review saying nice things. Follow me on Twitter (@moviefiend51), Bluesky (ryan-ellis) and send out an email (haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com). I also post stuff on Letterboxd…
People in this episode
Host: Ryan Ellis
Topics covered
- classic films
- movie reviews
- film history
- Tarzan
- Peter Pan
- action-adventure
- cinema analysis
Keywords
- Tarzan
- Peter Pan
- 1932 film
- 1924 film
- movie review
- film history
- Johnny Weissmuller
- Betty Bronson
- classic cinema
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Tarzan The Ape Man, Peter Pan
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