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Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

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• Maureen O'Sullivan's costume in this film was so brief that during a swimming scene, one of her breasts was exposed. This scene was included in an early edit of the film, but it was cut to appease censors.
  
  
• Although original cinema versions were intact the 2002 DVD release was cut by 12 secs by the BBFC to remove shots of lions being genuinely tripped to simulate a shooting and a spear killing. The 2005 release features the extended version and these scenes were pre-cut before submission.
  
  
• Older television prints of "Tarzan and His Mate" run 93 minutes. Among the deleted segments are the nude swimming scene, some brief footage of bare-breasted natives, and some of the more graphic violence.
  
  
• CENSORSHIP CHANGES:
  • 1. The Hays Office insisted on cuts of 11 minutes of nude swimming (a fully nude Josephine McKim played Jane). This had some public showings, before...
  • 2. The New York censors cut a further scene involving male nudity.
  • This was the version that eventually went on general release.
  • RESTORED VERSIONS: Ted Turner had the cut scenes restored when a full positive was found when he took over MGM.
  • This is the 116 min. version that is available on VHS.
  
  
  

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