TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 9: Movie Series
Tarzan's back, and he's got Jungle Jim and Bomba with him!
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
12:00 AM
TARZAN ESCAPES ( 1936)
Jane Parker's cousins try to kidnap the jungle king to get their hands on her inheritance.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Maureen O'Sullivan , John Buckler .
BW- 89 mins, CC,
1:45 AM
TARZAN FINDS A SON! ( 1939)
The jungle king adopts the infant survivor of a plane crash.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Maureen O'Sullivan , John[ny] Sheffield .
BW- 82 mins, CC,
3:15 AM
TARZAN'S SECRET TREASURE ( 1941)
Prospectors kidnap Jane and Boy to force the jungle king to reveal the location of a golden treasure.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Maureen O'Sullivan , John[ny] Sheffield .
BW- 81 mins, CC,
4:45 AM
TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE ( 1942)
When a circus kidnaps Boy, Tarzan and Jane follow him to New York City.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Maureen O'Sullivan , John[ny] Sheffield .
BW- 71 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
TARZAN TRIUMPHS (1943)
The jungle king helps the princess of a lost civilization fight off Nazi invaders.
Dir: William Thiele Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Johnny Sheffield , Frances Gifford .
BW- 76 mins, CC,
7:30 AM
TARZAN'S DESERT MYSTERY ( 1943)
The jungle king braves a lost prehistoric world to obtain malaria serum for the Allies.
Dir: William Thiele Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Nancy Kelly , Johnny Sheffield .
BW- 70 mins, CC,
8:45 AM
TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS ( 1948)
Tarzan and Jane try to keep a woman from being forced to marry a con artist.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Brenda Joyce , George Zucco .
BW- 68 mins, CC,
10:00 AM
TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN ( 1949)
Explorers try to use the jungle king to find a fountain of youth.
Dir: Lee Sholem Cast: Lex Barker , Brenda Joyce , Albert Dekker .
BW- 73 mins, CC,
11:15 AM
TARZAN AND THE SLAVE GIRL ( 1950)
A dying tribe kidnaps the jungle king's wife to help replenish their numbers.
Dir: Lee Sholem Cast: Lex Barker , Vanessa Brown , Robert Alda .
BW- 74 mins, CC,
12:34 PM
BELIEVE IT OR NOT #1 ( 1931)
This short entry in the "Believe It Or Not" series focuses on various sites and oddities to be found in northern Africa. Vitaphone Release 1282.
BW- 8 mins,
12:45 PM
TARZAN'S PERIL ( 1951)
The jungle king tries to catch gunrunners.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Lex Barker , Virginia Huston , George Macready .
BW- 79 mins, CC,
2:15 PM
TARZAN'S SAVAGE FURY ( 1952)
The jungle king's cousin tries to get him to help find a diamond treasure.
Dir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Lex Barker , Dorothy Hart , Patric Knowles .
BW- 80 mins, CC,
3:45 PM
TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL ( 1953)
The king of the jungle fights off ivory poachers.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: Lex Barker , Joyce MacKenzie , Raymond Burr .
BW- 76 mins, CC,
5:15 PM
TARZAN'S HIDDEN JUNGLE ( 1955)
Hunters drive animals out of a sanctuary so they can shoot them.
Dir: Harold Schuster Cast: Gordon Scott , Vera Miles , Peter Van Eyck .
BW- 73 mins, CC,
6:30 PM
TARZAN AND THE LOST SAFARI ( 1957)
The jungle king saves five survivors of an airplane crash.
Dir: Bruce Humberstone Cast: Gordon Scott , Robert Beatty , Yolande Donlan .
C- 81 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MOVIE SERIES
8:00 PM
JUNGLE JIM ( 1948)
The famed explorer tries to protect a lady scientist searching the jungle for a polio cure.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Virginia Grey , George Reeves .
BW- 72 mins,
9:30 PM
LOST TRIBE, THE ( 1949)
Jungle Jim fights to protect an African village targeted for exploitation.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Myrna Dell , Elena Verdugo .
BW- 72 mins,
11:00 PM
MARK OF THE GORILLA ( 1950)
Jungle Jim tries to stop a Nazi band masquerading as apes from retrieving a golden treasure.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Trudy Marshall , Suzanne Dalbert .
BW- 68 mins,
12:18 AM
NOSTRADAMUS SAYS SO! ( 1953)
This short film presents the life and several predictions made by Nostradamus.
Dir: Peter Ballbusch
BW- 11 mins,
12:30 AM
CAPTIVE GIRL ( 1950)
Jungle Jim fights to save a young innocent from treasure hunters and a witch doctor.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Buster Crabbe , Anita Lhoest .
BW- 73 mins,
2:00 AM
PYGMY ISLAND ( 1950)
Jungle Jim searches for a female Army captain who's gone missing.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Ann Savage , David Bruce .
BW- 69 mins,
3:11 AM
JOHANNESBURG "CITY OF GOLD" ( 1953)
This short film provides a glimpse at the South African gold mining industry as well as local cultures, music and dance.
C- 8 mins,
3:20 AM
IN THE LAND OF DIAMONDS ( 1952)
This short film explores the treasures and attractions of Bloemfontein, South Africa, the world capital of the diamond trade.
C- 9 mins,
3:30 AM
BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY ( 1949)
A photographer and his daughter discover a wild boy in the jungle.
Dir: Ford Beebe Cast: Johnny Sheffield , Peggy Ann Garner , Onslow Stevens .
BW- 71 mins, CC,
4:45 AM
BOMBA ON PANTHER ISLAND ( 1949)
Bomba the Jungle Boy must stop a man-eating black panther.
Dir: Ford Beebe Cast: Johnny Sheffield , Allene Roberts , Lita Baron .
BW- 76 mins, CC,
