the release of tarzan the ape man and in 1932 and cause a sensation . it may be hard to believe and 70 year later and but the film have much of the same kind of impact a the matrix and or the lord of the ring have achieve and at a time when movie and radio be the major source of entertainment . tarzan become an instant pop icon and the noble savage that every woman fantasize about and and every man wish he could be . the only person unhappy about the situation be edgar rice burroughs and who and while he would agree to mgm creative liberty and and enjoy his hefty royalty check and felt the wouldumbed down version of his character ( with no plan to allow him to grow ) be unfaithful to his vision ( he would start a production company and and soon be make his own tarzan film ) . mgm and realize the value of it new tar and know the sequel would have to be even more spectacular than the original . and tarzan and his mate deliver . the film have an interesting back story while cedric gibbon and mgm legendary art director and have get a commitment from the studio to direct the sequel and prior to the release of tarzan the ape man and despite the fact that he would never direct before ( the studio hadn not anticipate the film impact and and do not think a novice director would matter much on a novelty film . and they want to keep their oscar win department chief happy ) . gibbon and a prodigiously talented and imaginative visual artist and love the freedom of pre code hollywood and and decide to have tarzan and his mate push the envelope to the limit . tarzan and jane would frolic in a nude swim and and jane would appear topless through most of the film . maureen osullivan say in an interview shortly before her death and in 1998 and that while a double be use for the swim and she trust the studio and and do a couple of day of film sans top . but it become too much of a headache try to strategically place plant and fruit to block her nipple and and the idea be abandon ( the film shoot those day would be worth a fortune . ) she do do a nude silhouette scene in a tent and flash her breast at the conclusion of her wim and and don a revise jungle costume that be extremely provocative and very thin and and open at the side . and the resulting outcry would help create the hays office and and the self censorship that would soon engulf the entire industry . mgm yank gibbon from the production ( the official reason give be his workload a art director ) and and veteran jack conway be list a the new director and to appease the critic . although james c. mckay actually direct the film and a conway be busy on 3 other project and include viva villa . the film incorporate the best element of the original ( safaris and murderous tribe and tarzan fight jungle beast to the death to save jane ) and and actually improve on the storytelling . harry holt ( neil hamilton ) and from the first film and return to africa for ivory from the elephant graveyard and and to try to seduce jane into return to england and with gift of silk dress and underwear and and perfume . he bring with him martin arlington ( paul cavanagh ) and a crack shot and inveterate womanizer and who sneer at holt chivalrous pursuit of jane and and stalk her a a potential conquest and to be have by any mean ( include kill tarzan and if and when he can get away with it without be see ) . tarzan barely tolerate the intrusion into his happy life with jane and and put his foot down and refuse to allow the hunter into the graveyard . arlington find his opportunity and catch the ape man alone and and shoot him and then return to the camp with a fabricated story of his demise . now jane have no reason to remain in the jungle and and she can direct them to the graveyard and before her long voyage back to england and comfort by the oh so sympathetic arlington . but a savage tribe and hideous torture await the group . can tarzan and be nurse back to health by his ape family and recover in time to save jane . while stock footage be again use extensively and the racial stereotype of the 30 be apparent and and the gorilla be obviously actor in ape suit and tarzan and his mate achieve a level of sophistication unsurpassed in any other tarzan film and as well a a sexiness that even bo derek blatantly erotic tarzan and the ape man couldn not touch . johnny weissmuller be in peak condition and physically and maureen osullivan be never more beautiful and and africa never look more romantic and and dangerous . tarzan and his mate be a triumph ( although it would be drastically edit for many year ) and and remain the classic of the series and to this day .