History Film / TarzanAndHisMate

It's the second of twelve films in the Weissmüller Franchise/{{Tarzan}} series, and a direct sequel to the first film, ''Film/TarzanTheApeMan''. In this one, an old suitor of Jane's, Harry Holt, has come back to Africa. Harry has two goals. The first is to try to talk Jane into leaving Tarzan and her idealized jungle existence and coming back to London and civilization with him. The second is to find an elephants' graveyard of ivory and make a lot of money (which was both his and Jane's goal in the first film before encountering Tarzan). Coming along with him and mainly interested in the second goal only is Martin Arlington, a broke British aristocrat who has put the last of his money into the expedition.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Tarzan, as usual, but now Jane joins him in living barefoot (by the next film, ''Tarzan Escapes'', Jane is regularly seen in the films wearing a protective type of shoe).

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cheeta the chimpanzee provides comic relief, like when she tries on the fancy dresses brought for Jane. She rides an ostrich!

* HotterAndSexier: Although all the Weissmüller/O'Sullivan films are loaded to the gills with {{UST}}, this installment, when one adds in the {{Fanservice}} aspects (see above) is generally considered the sexiest of all the Tarzan films made prior to 1981's R-rated and intentionally erotic ''[[Film/TarzanTheApeMan1981 Tarzan, the Ape Man]]'' starring Creator/BoDerek.

* {{Fanservice}}: A shocking amount. ''Tarzan and His Mate'' was made right at the end of UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra, literally just a couple of months before UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode brought a sudden end to overt sexual content in Hollywood cinema. Still, this film was really pushing it. It's one thing that O'Sullivan spends the bulk of the movie in a halter top-and-loincloth ensemble, which was changed into a more conservative one-piece for future ''Tarzan'' installments. More shocking is the {{Skinnydipping}} nude scene in which O'Sullivan (or rather her body double, Olympic swimmer Josephine [=McKim=], who competed in the 1928 Games with Weissmüller) does not have a stitch of clothing on for her swim with Tarzan. The scene is shown in a medium shot rather than a close-up but still leaves little to the imagination. Since this was really risky even for the Pre-Code Era, MGM shot other versions of the scene in which O'Sullivan/[=McKim=] were more covered up. O'Sullivan doesn't escape showing more than usual for actors of the day; one of her breasts is actually visible briefly in one swimming shot not involving the double.

* {{Skinnydipping}}: A film made in 1934 has a scene in which Jane takes a nude swim with Tarzan. And there's an underwater camera.

It's the second of twelve films in the Weissmüller Franchise/{{Tarzan}} series, and a direct sequel to the first film, 1932's ''Tarzan the Ape Man''. In this one, an old suitor of Jane's, Harry Holt, has come back to Africa. Harry has two goals. The first is to try to talk Jane into leaving Tarzan and her idealized jungle existence and coming back to London and civilization with him. The second is to find an elephants' graveyard of ivory and make a lot of money (which was both his and Jane's goal in the first film before encountering Tarzan). Coming along with him and mainly interested in the second goal only is Martin Arlington, a broke British aristocrat who has put the last of his money into the expedition.

It's the second of twelve films in the Weissmüller Franchise/{{Tarzan}} series, and a direct sequel to the first film. In this one, an old suitor of Jane's, Harry Holt, has come back to Africa. Harry has two goals. The first is to try to talk Jane into leaving Tarzan and her idealized jungle existence and coming back to London and civilization with him. The second is to find an elephants' graveyard of ivory and make a lot of money (which was both his and Jane's goal in the first film before encountering Tarzan). Coming along with him and mainly interested in the second goal only is Martin Arlington, a broke British aristocrat who has put the last of his money into the expedition.

It's the second of twelve films in the Weissmuller Franchise/{{Tarzan}} series, and a direct sequel to the first film. In this one, an old suitor of Jane's, Harry Holt, has come back to Africa. Harry has two goals. The first is to try to talk Jane into leaving Tarzan and her idealized jungle existence and coming back to London and civilization with him. The second is to find an elephants' graveyard of ivory and make a lot of money (which was both his and Jane's goal in the first film before encountering Tarzan). Coming along with him and mainly interested in the second goal only is Martin Arlington, a broke British aristocrat who has put the last of his money into the expedition.

* {{Fanservice}}: A shocking amount. ''Tarzan and His Mate'' was made right at the end of UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra, literally just a couple of months before UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode brought a sudden end to overt sexual content in Hollywood cinema. Still, this film was really pushing it. It's one thing that O'Sullivan spends the bulk of the movie in a halter top-and-loincloth ensemble, which was changed into a more conservative one-piece for future ''Tarzan'' installments. More shocking is the {{Skinnydipping}} nude scene in which O'Sullivan (or rather her body double, Olympic swimmer Josephine [=McKim=], who competed in the 1928 Games with Weissmuller) does not have a stitch of clothing on for her swim with Tarzan. The scene is shown in a medium shot rather than a close-up but still leaves little to the imagination. Since this was really risky even for the Pre-Code Era, MGM shot other versions of the scene in which O'Sullivan/[=McKim=] were more covered up. O'Sullivan doesn't escape showing more than usual for actors of the day; one of her breasts is actually visible briefly in one swimming shot not involving the double.

* HotterAndSexier: Although all the Weissmuller/O'Sullivan films are loaded to the gills with {{UST}}, this installment, when one adds in the {{Fanservice}} aspects (see above) is generally considered the sexiest of all the Tarzan films made prior to 1981's R-rated and intentionally erotic ''[[Film/TarzanTheApeMan1981 Tarzan, the Ape Man]]'' starring Creator/BoDerek.

* SceneryCensor: Even when filming a skinnydipping scene MGM wasn't willing to show Margaret O'Sullivan [[SexySurfacingShot naked out of the water]], so Jane is hidden by some tall brush when retrieving her dress from Cheeta.

* SceneryCensor: Even when filming a skinnydipping scene MGM wasn't willing to show Margaret O'Sullivan naked out of the water, so Jane is hidden by some tall brush when retrieving her dress from Cheeta.

* HotterAndSexier: Although all the Weissmuller/O'Sullivan films are loaded to the gills with {{UST}}, this installment, when one adds in the {{Fanservice}} aspects (see above) is generally considered the sexist of all the Tarzan films made prior to 1981's R-rated and intentionally erotic ''Tarzan, the Ape Man'' starring Creator/BoDerek.

It's the second of twelve films in the Weissmuller Franchise/{{Tarzan}} series. In this one, an old suitor of Jane's, Harry Holt, has come back to Africa. Harry has two goals. The first is to try to talk Jane into leaving Tarzan and her idealized jungle existence and coming back to London and civilization with him. The second is to find an elephants' graveyard of ivory and make a lot of money. Coming along with him and mainly interested in the second goal only is Martin Arlington, a broke British aristocrat who has put the last of his money into the expedition.

* {{Fanservice}}: A shocking amount. ''Tarzan and His Mate'' was made right at the end of UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra, literally just a couple of months before UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode brought a sudden end to overt sexual content in Hollywood cinema. Still, this film was really pushing it. It's one thing that O'Sullivan spends the bulk of the movie in a halter top-and-loincloth ensemble, which was changed into a more conservative one-piece for future ''Tarzan'' installments. More shocking is the {{Skinnydipping}} nude scene in which O'Sullivan (or rather her body double, Olympic swimmer Josephine [=McKim=], who competed in the 1928 Games with Weissmuller) does not have a stitch of clothing on for her swim with Tarzan. The scene is shown in a medium shot rather than a close-up but still leaves little to the imagination. Since this was really risky even for the Pre-Code Era, MGM shot other versions of the scene in which O'Sullivan/[=McKim=] were more covered up.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cheeta the chimpanzee provides comic relief, like when she tries on the fancy dresses brought for Jane.

* DamselInDistress: Jane tends to serve this role a lot, when she isn't providing {{Fanservice}}. Over the course of the film Tarzan has to rescue her from a lion, a cheetah, a crocodile, and a rhino. Even Cheeta has to save her once.

* LoinCloth: Tarzan wears one. So does Jane, although she pairs it with a leather bikini top. Future installments of the series put more clothing on Jane.

* {{Skinnydipping}}: A film made in 1934 has a scene in which Jane takes a nude swim with Tarzan.

* {{Fanservice}}: A shocking amount. ''Tarzan and His Mate'' was made right at the end of UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra, literally just a couple of months before UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode brought a sudden end to overt sexual content in Hollywood cinema. Still, this film was really pushing it. It's one thing that O'Sullivan spends the bulk of the movie in a bikini-top-and-loincloth ensemble, which was changed into a more conservative one-piece for future ''Tarzan'' installments. More shocking is the {{Skinnydipping}} nude scene in which O'Sullivan (or rather her body double, Olympic swimmer Josephine [=McKim=], who competed in the 1928 Games with Weissmuller) does not have a stitch of clothing on for her swim with Tarzan. The scene is shown in a medium shot rather than a close-up but still leaves little to the imagination. Since this was really risky even for the Pre-Code Era, MGM shot other versions of the scene in which O'Sullivan/[=McKim=] were more covered up.

* {{Fanservice}}: A shocking amount. ''Tarzan and His Mate'' was made right at the end of UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra, literally just a couple of months before UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode brought a sudden end to overt sexual content in Hollywood cinema. Still, this film was really pushing it. It's one thing that O'Sullivan spends the bulk of the movie in a bikini-top-and-loincloth ensemble, which was changed into a more conservative one-piece for future ''Tarzan'' installments. More shocking is the {{Skinnydipping}} nude scene in which O'Sullivan does not have a stitch of clothing on for her swim with Tarzan. The scene is shown in a medium shot rather than a close-up but still leaves little to the imagination. Since this was really risky even for the Pre-Code Era, MGM shot other versions of the scene in which O'Sullivan was more covered up.

* TheissTitillationTheory: InUniverse. DiscussedTrope, as Arlington observes the flimsy dresses Holt has brought for Jane and says "The effect seems to be to promise to show something that is never quite shown."

* ElephantsGraveyard: What Holt and Arlington want to find, for the priceless ivory. Tarzan is appalled when he is told why he's been asked to guide them through the jungle. After he refuses to lead them, Arlington shoots an elephant and the party follows the elephant as it makes its way to the graveyard to die.

* TheissTitillationTheory: DiscussedTrope, as Arlington observes the flimsy dresses Holt has brought for Jane and says "The effect seems to be to promise to show something that is never quite shown."