Tarzan's Magic Fountain
| Tarzan's Magic Fountain | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Lee Sholem |
| Written by |
Curt Siodmak Henry Chandlee |
| Based on |
Characters created by by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Starring |
Lex Barker Brenda Joyce Albert Dekker Evelyn Ankers |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss |
| Editing by | Merril G. White |
| Distributed by | RKO |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tarzan's Magic Fountain is a 1949 Tarzan film starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Brenda Joyce as his companion Jane. The film also features Albert Dekker and Evelyn Ankers, was co-written by Curt Siodmak, and directed by Lee Sholem.
This was Barker's first appearance as Edgar Rice Burroughs' ape-man, while Joyce had played Jane opposite Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan in four previous films. She was one of only two actresses to portray Jane in movies with two different actors as Tarzan. (The other was Karla Schramm in the silent era.) Tarzan's Magic Fountain was Joyce's final turn in the role, and different actresses played Jane in each of Barker's four subsequent Tarzan movies: (Vanessa Brown, Virginia Huston, Dorothy Hart, and Joyce MacKenzie). Elmo Lincoln, who had been the first screen Tarzan three decades earlier, appears uncredited as a fisherman repairing his nets.
Synopsis
Ankers portrays an aviatrix who walks out of the jungle looking decades younger than her chronological age due to a secret fountain of youth but gradually begins a terrifying accelerated aging process. Against Tarzan's wishes, she and Jane begin a desperate search for the fountain.
Cast
- Lex Barker as Tarzan
- Brenda Joyce as Jane
- Albert Dekker as Mr. Trask
- Evelyn Ankers as Gloria James Jessup
- Charles Drake as Mr. Dodd
- Alan Napier as Douglas Jessup
- Ted Hecht as Pasco
- Henry Brandon as Siko
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