the 1960's tarzan tv series was filmed at the end of the series in mexico.
where was the 1960's tarzan tv series filmed at the end of the series?
mexico
after world war ii service in the us army, he formed flamingo films with david l. wolper, who acquired the television rights to eagle-lion films in 1951. starting in 1958, weintraub took over the tarzan franchise from sol lesser and began producing tarzan films made on actual locations (most previous tarzan films had been shot on studio sets, with stock jungle footage edited in). he decided to drop the character of jane and portray tarzan as a well-spoken lone adventurer, though the title character is allies with jai and the chimpanzee cheeta. weintraub started with "tarzan's greatest adventure" (1959) and its follow-up, "tarzan the magnificent" (1960), both with gordon scott. weintraub then produced "tarzan goes to india" and "tarzan's three challenges" (filmed in thailand), both with jock mahoney. in 1965 weintraub filmed three tarzan films back to back with former los angeles rams football star mike henry: "tarzan and the valley of gold" (mexico), "tarzan and the great river" and "tarzan and the jungle boy" both filmed in brazil. when henry was tired of his grueling tarzan work and refused to do the television series, weintraub hired ron ely for the role.
sy weintraub
next came six films starring gordon scott (1955–1960), a bodybuilder who was discovered while lifeguarding at a hotel in las vegas. his first four tarzan films, produced by sol lesser, continued in the weissmüller formula. then the series was taken over by producer sy weintraub, who wanted to move the character closer to burroughs's original conception. the result was two of the best-received entries in the entire franchise, "tarzan's greatest adventure" (1959) and "tarzan the magnificent" (1960). mgm released a remake of "tarzan, the ape man" in 1959, a poorly received film starring denny miller. the weintraub series continued in two films featuring veteran stuntman jock mahoney (1962–1963), three with former pro-football player mike henry (1966–1968), and two (feature versions of television episodes) with ron ely (1970). the mike henry films were filmed before the ron ely tv series, but were released to theatres after the tv series debuted. weintraub had intended henry to star in the tv series, but henry declined because of the injuries and illnesses he had suffered during location filming.
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