screen images / Tarzan and His Mate / 1934 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Orginally intended to be filmed in Africa, the second Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movie instead used locations in the Los Angeles, California area. Weissmuller himself rode a rhinoceros in one scene and suffered only minor injuries to sensitive areas of his body due to the rough hide. The film was controversal at the time due to a few issues, one of which was Jane's (Maureen O'Sullivan) halter-top and loincloth that exposed both her hip and thigh areas. Also at issue was an underwater swimming sequence in which Tarzan's mate Jane (O'Sullivan's swimming double) is nude. The director of public relastions for the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) wrote: "The man in the shot wore a loin cloth, but a critical examination of the shot indicated that the woman was stark naked."