Tarzan and Jane adopt the child and name him "Boy." As it featured the jungle couple acquiring an infant, it was changed to Tarzan Finds a Son. This FAQ is empty. A reporter and her fiance are conducting a search in the jungle for a wild boy, the lost son of a downed geologist.
It doesn't try taking Tarzan to far off places. A reporter and her fiance are conducting a search in the jungle for a wild boy, the lost son of a downed geologist.
Jane is wounded while helping Boy to escape through a fence. In his later years Johnny Sheffield lived in Southern California where he wrote articles about his Hollywood years and sold copies of the TV pilot Bantu, the Zebra Boy on video.
She looks like she stepped off the set of the Beverly Hillbillies.So if you want a simple Tarzan movie that you can get into, this one will definitely work. He later went to New York as a replacement and performed the role on Broadway. He then made a pilot for a television series, Bantu the Zebra Boy, which was created, produced and directed by his father, Reginald Sheffield. Add the first question. Ivory poachers, headed by Lyra the She-Devil, Vargo and Fidel, capture a native tribe to carry their loot. Looking for some great streaming picks?
The series portrayed Tarzan (played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character who had grown tired of civilization, and returned to the jungle where he had been raised. When Sir Thomas objects, they say they will take him back and, as legal guardians, still control the inheritance. The boat is blown up by Coy's father and brothers. They are fit and much like everyone else, they don't over do it.Fifth, the girl, Aliza Gur, is very pretty and has your classic 60's look. Tarzan acts as a guide for two British government agents recently arrived in Africa to secure a great cache of diamonds for the English military. Five years later, a search party comes looking for Boy, because he is the heir to the Greystoke family fortune worth millions. This was intended as Maureen O'Sullivan's last appearance as Jane in the series, with her character to die as a result of a spear wound. Jane convinced it's the right thing to do, goes with Boy and the rest of the Lancings toward civilization but Sir Thomas convinces her that the younger Lancings only want Boy for his money. They had three children: Patrick, Stewart and Regina. Summoned to India by a dying maharajah, Tarzan attempts to remove an elephant herd from a valley to be flooded upon completion of a modern dam. Boy in this film was the heir to the Greystoke fortune. After he outgrew the role of Boy, the teenaged Sheffield went on to star in his own jungle movie series for Allied Artists. After audience previews showed very negative reactions to her death, the ending was changed.
Their work has the blessing of the U.N.'s Dr. Celliers, close friend of the Sukulu chief. Tarzan is joined by a reporter and her fiance on a journey to find a boy who was abandoned in the jungle six years earlier. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. The following year, his father read an article in The Hollywood Reporter that asked, "Have you a Tarzan Jr. in your backyard?" The younger Lancings suggest leaving Boy and taking the inheritance. Tarzan is joined by a reporter and her fiance on a journey to find a boy who was abandoned in the jungle six years earlier. [2], According to MGM records the film earned $1,039,000 in the US and Canada and $1,049,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $528,000.
Favorite Character-Titled TV Series: Before 1990. [1], "Tarzan's 'Boy' quits films for business world", "Actor who played Tarzan's Boy dies at 79", "Matt's Bomba the Jungle Boy Movie Guide", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Sheffield&oldid=974795704, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Patricia Sheffield (1959–2010) (his death) 3 children, This page was last edited on 25 August 2020, at 02:14. MGM was searching for a suitable youngster to play the adopted son of Tarzan in its next jungle movie with stars Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. This series was set in one of the newly independent African countries of the time.
Can Tarzan set them free? The natives take heart when the riverboat captain's helper Pepe volunteers for the first shot. Brenda Joyce played Jane in the last three Tarzan movies in which Sheffield appeared. In all, he appeared as Bomba 12 times, more than any other character he portrayed. Tarzan and Jane claim the child is dead and that Boy is theirs, but the elder Lancing, Sir Thomas, recognizes Boy's eyes. Tarzan and Jane claim the child is dead and that Boy is theirs, but the elder Lancing, Sir Thomas, recognizes Boy's eyes. He appeared with many other performers over the years, including Jeanette MacDonald, Pat O'Brien, Cesar Romero, Ronald Reagan and Beverly Garland. He doesn't over act and is believable.Fourth, the evil and good natives, who are brothers in real life and in the movie do a great job. Everyone on the plane dies, except for the baby who is rescued by Cheeta, Tarzan's chimpanzee. His father was himself a former juvenile performer when he came to the United States from his native England. After leaving show business, Sheffield completed a business degree at UCLA. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. (Lesser had been unable to obtain Weissmuller's services as he remained under contract at MGM.) MGM realized that Weissmuller had continuing attraction as Tarzan and bought out Lesser's interest in the next three films; they restarted their series. Jane arrives the next day and learns what has taken place, and admits that Boy is Greystoke. Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe. View production, box office, & company info. Sheffield was born John Matthew Sheffield Cassan in Pasadena, California,[2] the second child of actor Reginald Sheffield and Louise Van Loon (January 21, 1905 – April 14, 1987). It was the fourth in the MGM Tarzan series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the "King of the Apes" and the fourth of six films in which he stars with Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane; following this pairing was Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) and Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942). He lived and worked for a time in Arizona. Sheffield decided to leave the industry and enrolled in college to further his education. Keep your little bookworms engaged outside of the classroom with our selection of the very best literary adaptations.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful. [1], Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarzan_Finds_a_Son!&oldid=977123820, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 September 2020, at 02:25. Five years later, a search party comes looking for Boy, because he is the heir to the Greystoke family fortune worth millions. After he outgrew the role of Boy, the teenaged Sheffield went on to star in his own jungle movie series for Allied Artists.
Newspaper articles at the time mentioned erroneously that Sheffield was only 5 years old. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine. The ... See full summary », Tarzan must escort his prisoner Coy Banton out of the jungle to the authorities. Certificate: Passed O'Sullivan was tired of the Jane role, and Boy was brought in as a substitute interest.