Trailer - Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)

PLEASE READ THIS - This video was uploaded to Youtube specifically to embed in my web page about this film:
http://terrororstralis.com/films/b&w/41.htm

"Tarzan's Secret Treasure" was Johnny Weissmuller's fifth MGM film as Tarzan. It was directed by Richard Thorpe in 1941 and also starred Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane; Johnny Sheffield as Boy; Reginald Owen as Professor Elliot; Barry Fitzgerald as O'Doul; and Tom Conway as Medford.

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[maestrojon]

It's funny how the effects in this trailer look better than 90% of CGI today, and it was immensely cheaper too!

[pwgr2000]

Sorry, I disagree. It's a pretty exciting trailer but the matt shots, ie. the glass paintings that provide the background vistas, look flat and unconvincing.

The introduction of CGI has revolutionised film special effects for one incredible reason. Previously only animation was capable of showing virtually anything that could be conceived. CGI now makes it possible for live action film to acheive this, thereby expanding the possibilites of cinema almost endlessly.

[maestrojon]

...Which has made film makers lazy. "We'll add it in later with CGI". That is the norm today. Most film makers don't use it to help tell the story, they use it to save the story. I'd much rather watch a film using more practical effects than CGI. CGI is only good when you can't tell that it is CGI, and that is rare, at least for me. =0(

[pwgr2000]

Again, I disagree. CGI has revolutionised film-making because it has cut costs. A lot of those time-consuming and very expensive set up costs have been eliminated. If a crew member's foot has inadvertently shown up in the shot they don't need to reshoot it as it can be removed digitally. You call this laziness. I call this improved efficiency.

"Practical effects" are only one tool that film-makers use. CGI has expanded the range of tools available, with exceptionally impressive results.

[drystyx]

@pwgr2000 well, that's where you're not making sense pwrg, because for film goers who just watch the film, these old settings look much better, much more exciting, much more entertaining. a person has to have a super high geek quotient to stop, enlarge, and study for continuity errors that sane people could care less about.

[pwgr2000]

Sorry, I don't follow you. Firstly, I didn't mention continuity gaffs. I was pointing out that CGI has cut production costs because fixing errors on the post production stage eliminates costly reshoots. Secondly, the "old is better" school is small-minded. Four star films have been made at every stage of cinema history. Old films "look better" (Avatar, Inception, The Dark Knight), "more exciting" (True Grit, Avatar, Inception) and "more entertaining" (Toy Story 3, Frost/Nixon, District 9).

[baghend]

If I could butt in gentlemen, - for me, its the nostalgia-yes, politically incorrect, even racist by todays standards, but the old B&W Tarzans, esp. those pre 1940, but even this one, bring back lots of happy memories- Weismuller (the Best) O'Sullivan, John Sheffield, actors like reginald Owen, C. Aubrey Smith, Henry Wilcoxin (now THERes someone with an amazing life) - plus the wild animal shots- (used many times) and the musical score- all add to what was the golden age of hollywood.

-Bill

[Glenn1967ful]

CGI didn't exist in 1941 and obviously the budgetary constraints meant the film was made in America, rather than Nigeria.

[TheBluesguy62154]

georgious Maureen Osullivan.mother of Mia Farrow