Tarzan's Magic Fountain

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Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Directed by	Lee Sholem
Written by	Curt Siodmak Henry Chandlee
Starring	Lex Barker Brenda Joyce Albert Dekker Evelyn Ankers
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Editing by	Merril G. White
Distributed by	RKO
Release date(s)	1949
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Tarzan and the Mermaids
Followed by	Tarzan and the Slave Girl
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Tarzan's Magic Fountain is a 1949 adventure movie starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Brenda Joyce as his companion Jane. The film also features Albert Dekker and Evelyn Ankers, and 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; 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 in a tiny, uncredited role.

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Horror film "scream queen" 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.

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Lex Barker ... Tarzan
Brenda Joyce ... Jane
Albert Dekker ... Mr. Trask
Evelyn Ankers ... Gloria James Jessup
Charles Drake ... Mr. Dodd
Alan Napier ... Douglas Jessup
Ted Hecht ... Pasco
Henry Brandon ... Siko

v • d • e Tarzan movies

Silent films	Tarzan of the Apes (1918) • The Romance of Tarzan (1918) • The Revenge of Tarzan (1920) • The Son of Tarzan (1920) • The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) • Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) • Tarzan the Mighty (1928) • Tarzan the Tiger (1929)

Early MGM-RKO series films (Johnny Weissmuller)	Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) • Tarzan and His Mate (1934) • Tarzan Escapes (1936) • Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) • Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) • Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) • Tarzan Triumphs (1943) • Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) • Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) • Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) • Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) • Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)

Later RKO series films and independent films	Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) • Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) • Tarzan's Peril (1951) • Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) • Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) • Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) • Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) • Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) • Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) • Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) • Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) • Tarzan Goes to India (1962) • Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) • Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) • Tarzan and the Great River (1967) • Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968) • Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)

Competing films	Tarzan the Fearless (1933) • The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) (in both film serial and feature film formats) • Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938) • Tarzan’s Revenge (1938) • Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)

Later films	Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) • Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) • Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) • Tarzan of the Apes (1999) • Tarzan (1999) • Tarzan & Jane (2002) • Tarzan II (2005)

Categories: Tarzan films | 1949 films | Black and white films

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

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