Johnny Weissmüller Movies

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

In order to infiltrate a gang of drug smugglers, a cop is sent undercover to participate in a drag-queen beauty contest aboard a cruise ship.

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

Tarzan: the super hero who never goes out of fashion. The son of British Royalty, he is raised by apes in the African jungle and finds his true love,...

In this film of the Earl's Court Aquashow, several stars of the sporting world are brought to the screen to demonstrate their skill.

The glorious and tragic story of American athlete and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84), Olympic swimmer, water polo player and the only true...

Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Nazis dressed to look like Great Apes are looking for gold, and Jungle Jim must stop them.

Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.

Jungle Jim helps an attractive research writer for the British museum clear up the mystery of a tiger cult in Africa while thwarting art thieves and...

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day...

Bad guys trying to steal the mineral rights away from African natives find it isn't so easy fighting Jungle Jim.

A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreels of the era.

After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.

Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier...

Football player Bob Miller, played by an actual football player, is lost in the jungle. Who else to find him but Jungle Jim.

A profile of Johnny Weissmuller, best known for his role of Tarzan in numerous movies as well as Jungle Jim.