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Fury of the Congo: Directed by William Berke. With Johnny Weissmuller, Sherry Moreland, William Henry, Lyle Talbot. Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.
Johnny Weissmuller. Actor: Tarzan's New York Adventure. Johnny Weissmuller was born as Peter Johann Weißmüller in Freidorf, today a district of the city of Timisoara in Romania, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Weissmuller would later claim to have been born in Windber, Pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of the US Olympic team. Weissmüller was one ...
A series of 16 Jungle Jim B-movies from 1948 to 1956, set in Africa and starring Johnny Weissmuller, who had gained fame playing Tarzan. In the last three of these movies, the name "Jungle Jim" was not used, and Weissmuller used his own name, essentially playing an idealized version of himself.
Weissmuller appeared in several sports shorts, then was hired by MGM to play Tarzan onscreen. Beginning in 1932, he starred in 12 "Tarzan" adventures, meanwhile doing almost no other film work. In the late '40s he quit "Tarzan" and began starring in a new series, "Jungle Jim," while occasionally appearing in other films through the mid '50s ...
Killer Ape (1953) is the twelfth Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures.It features Johnny Weissmuller in his twelfth performance as the protagonist adventurer Jungle Jim. Carol Thurston also stars. The film was directed by Spencer G. Bennet and written by Arthur Hoerl and Carroll Young.. The film centres on Jungle Jim battling a man-like ape in the jungle and trying to clear his name ...
8 de may. de 2018 · Johnny Weissmuller [1] 1904-1984 American swimmer One of the most outstanding swimmers of all time, ... 15 more were made, although in the last three, his character was called "Johnny Weissmuller," not "Jungle Jim." In 1956, he appeared in a television series called Jungle Jim, which lasted for 26 episodes. Weissmuller only played in one film ...
2 de jun. de 2004 · Jungle Jim was released in 1948 and did well, and Weissmuller did 16 Jungle Jim adventures from 1948 through 1955. In 1950, before the release of Captive Girl, also starring famed swimmer Buster Crabbe, a media event helped Weissmuller get back some of his notoriety as the sporting world voted him as the best swimmer in the first half-century.
