Lex Barker Tarzans

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Lex Barker Tarzans
Topic Started: May 10 2009, 08:12 AM (1,174 Views)
cinemalover	Jun 23 2009, 10:52 AM Post #31
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 73 Group: Members Member #713 Joined: April 1, 2009	The fifth and final entry in Lex Barker's tour of duty as Tarzan is 1953's Tarzan and the She Devil. Barker went out with more of a whimper than a bang in this case. The story is built around ivory poachers led by Lyra (the She Devil of the title played by Monique van Vooren) and her heavies, Vargo (Raymond Burr, perhaps best known for hangin' with Godzilla) and Fidel (Tom Conway, brother of George Sanders). They attempt to force Tarzan into gathering a herd of elephants together for them to acquire their tusks. Tarzan wants no part of their scheme so Lyra decides to head straight for Tarzan's Achile's heel, Jane (this time played by the adequate Joyce MacKenzie). Once convinced that Jane is dead (she's not, but he's convinced otherwise), Tarzan becomes a broken man, with Barker doing a reasonably convincing job of portraying jungle heartbreak. All turns out well for our apeman and the elephants but not so good for the potential poachers. Burr is deliciously malicious and Conway makes a good counterpoint of evil for him to play off of. On the whole the film is fairly pedestrian and offers the least thrills of the Barker set despite the excellent actors in villainous roles. It would be two years before Gordon Scott would take up the Lord of the Jungle's mantle in 1955's Tarzan's Hidden Jungle. I'd love to see the rest of these Tarzan's get a commercial release. As a series I would defintiely recommend the five Lex Barker Tarzans for all jungle fans, with Tarzan's Magic Fountain and Tarzan's Savage Fury being my two favorites.



Don Diego	Jul 9 2009, 07:36 AM Post #32
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 11,987 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: September 4, 2005	The 3rd volume of the Tarzan Archives is being released and features a Lex Barker cover



cinemalover	Nov 11 2009, 08:45 AM Post #33
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 73 Group: Members Member #713 Joined: April 1, 2009	Has anyone ordered the Gordon Scott Tarzan 6 pack through the Archive yet? I've read that they will be anamorphically enhanced, but would like to know for sure before dealing with the horrendous pain that is the Warner Archive again. I defintely want to add these titles to my collection.



marlin lee	Nov 12 2009, 09:20 AM Post #34
Charter Member Posts: 5,067 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: September 2, 2005	cinemalover Nov 11 2009, 08:45 AM Has anyone ordered the Gordon Scott Tarzan 6 pack through the Archive yet? I've read that they will be anamorphically enhanced, but would like to know for sure before dealing with the horrendous pain that is the Warner Archive again. I defintely want to add these titles to my collection. Just received them . Tarzan's Hidden Jungle is full screen. The rest are anamorphic. Hidden Jungle is the first and was most likely shot in full screen.



cinemalover	Nov 12 2009, 09:29 AM Post #35
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 73 Group: Members Member #713 Joined: April 1, 2009	Thanks Marlin. That's great to know. Yes, Tarzan's Hidden Jungle was shot in 1.37:1 even though it has a 1955 release date. So it sounds like they are all in the proper ratio. When you get a chance to watch any of them please let us know how the picture quality is.



marlin lee	Nov 14 2009, 09:09 PM Post #36
Charter Member Posts: 5,067 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: September 2, 2005	Just watched Tarzan's Hidden Jungle and the picture quality is fine. However I am very much disappointed. The aspect ratio appears off with black bars on each side of the picture. I took a quick peek at Tarzan and the Lost Safari. The aspect ratio appears fine and the print quality appears OK. But I didn't watch enough to really judge the quality of the colors.



Sgt King	Nov 15 2009, 09:24 PM Post #37
Charter Member Posts: 371 Group: Members Member #29 Joined: September 5, 2005	Marlin, Would you let us know at what site you ordered the 3rd volume of Tarzan's?



marlin lee	Nov 16 2009, 02:26 PM Post #38
Charter Member Posts: 5,067 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: September 2, 2005	Not sure what you mean by the 3rd volume of Tarzans. Both the Lex Barker and Gordon Scott Tarzans are available from Warner Archive as MOD (manufactured on demand) DVD-Rs. http://www.wbshop.com/Warner-Archive/ARCHIVE,default,sc.html



Sgt King	Nov 17 2009, 08:48 PM Post #39
Charter Member Posts: 371 Group: Members Member #29 Joined: September 5, 2005	Thanks Marlin.



shelbyvinje	Nov 18 2009, 02:49 PM Post #40
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 415 Group: Members Member #470 Joined: June 3, 2008	I just watched two of the Lex Barkers. TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN and TARZAN AND THE SLAVE GIRL. No complaints. I will order the other three or four when I place my next order with WB. Would be nice if someone can update us all with their promo codes. I keep missing some of them.



shelbyvinje	Nov 18 2009, 03:00 PM Post #41
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 415 Group: Members Member #470 Joined: June 3, 2008	A friend of mine told me a recent special offered 33% off the retail price plus free postage. Anyone have the code? I'd like to order the remaining TARZANs, a few westerns and a few films I keep missing when they air them on TCM.



Speedy	Nov 19 2009, 05:51 PM Post #42
Balcony Gang Posts: 15 Group: Members Member #156 Joined: December 9, 2006	O.K., shelbyvinje here are some WB Archive codes: (Free postage usually kicks in with an order over $60.00 but there is a promotion going on now, for free postage on orders over $30.00, which I don't believe has a code. The old code was: SHIP30) XB1C92 is a 20% off code (I used this on the Gordon Scott set when I ordered it last week, but it didn't work on the Scott set when I tested these codes last night. But you could try it. The code still worked on five regular titles.) REWARD25 is a 25% off code which works on five regular titles in an order. But may only work on four if you are ordering an already discounted item like Joe McDoakes. It didn't work on the Gordon Scott set. ARCHIVE10 is a 10% off code and it did work on the Gordon Scott Tarzan bundle during my test. CABINWB is a $5.00 off code for orders over $50.00. You can "stack" all these codes in an order to get the best deal. For example you could use ARCHIVE10 on the Scott set, REWARD25 for five regular titles and CABINWB. If you order five more titles in the same order, XB1C92 would take off 20% off those five and the already applied ARCHIVE10 would take 10% off four more extra titles. But the best deal is REWARD25 and CABINWB on a five title order and test the other codes on any value pack bundles you may want to include.


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