| Tarzan the Ape Man | |
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| Directed by | W. S. Van Dyke |
| Written by | Cyril Hume |
| Based on | Tarzan of the Apes 1912 magazine by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg |
| Starring | Johnny Weissmuller Neil Hamilton Maureen O'Sullivan C. Aubrey Smith |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Edited by | Tom Held Ben Lewis |
| Music by | George Richelarie |
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| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $652,675 |
| Box office | $2.54 million |
Tarzan the Ape Man is a 1932 pre-Code American action adventure film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith and Maureen O'Sullivan. It was Weissmuller's first of 12 Tarzan films. O'Sullivan played Jane in six features between 1932 and 1942.[1] The film is loosely based on Burroughs' 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, with the dialogue written by Ivor Novello. The film was directed by W.S. Van Dyke. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released two remakes of Tarzan, the Ape Man in 1959 and in 1981, but each was a different adaptation of Rice Burroughs' novel. It is also the first appearance of Tarzan's famous yell.