"In this scene from Johnny Weissmuller's second feature film, Tarzan and His Mate, Jane goes swimming naked with her jungle lover. The producers got away with this at first due to the fact that the FCC had not yet been created; however, the scene was quickly removed due to complaints from religious groups and mad mothers.
Note the small breast size of Underwater Jane as compared to the more buxom Landlubber Jane. That's because Maureen O'Sullivan did not perform in this particular scene. Instead, Olympic swimmer Josephine McKim was used as a double for Miss O'Sullivan. The decision was not made because of any modesty issues. The skimpy costume Maureen wears throughout the film proves that she wasn't shy about showing her body. It was simply agreed that the grace of a professional swimmer would be more pleasing for the audience.
Maureen's revealing jungle costume in Tarzan and His Mate was another thing that drew complaints from the bluenoses; therefore, in all future Tarzan films, Jane's body was to be significantly more covered up.
Thanks to Ted Turner for putting this classic scene back into the classic film where it belongs"
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CaptWillardGotta vote for vintage booty.
gargoylesays...upvote for the beauty of olympic-level swimmers
ElessarJDsays...Monkey want keep Jane naked.
K0MMIEThanks to Ted Turner? You shouldn't thank him until he colorizes it.
aspartamI felt like spanking the monkey.....hmm...that monkey. For not "giving" it to her. "Give it to me, give it to me, can't you see I have nothing on? Give it to me."
10304says...>> ^CaptWillard:
Gotta vote for vintage booty.
Vintage underwater booty.
swampgirlGood lord, this sure got the fella's attention
blankfistvintage or no vintage, this is *nsfw
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spoco2Man, I would have cut this out of the film just through it being deathly boring and adding nothing at all to the film.
Plus Tarzan is kinda rough when Jane is trying to say something... nope, push you back under the water, "Tarzan no care if you drown, you just woman for looking at"
8383Most people would be amazed by how liberal film censorship was before the introduction of the Hays Code.
I suppose I should counter my constructive comment with one more in tune with the rest of this thread: Is it me or are not all of those bubbles coming from their mouths?
swampgirlI knew someone was gonna label nsfw. O.K. The reason I didn't is because it's so old, most people casually walking past you at your cubicle would just see old movie. And I didn't think the nudity was all that explicit.
jwrayThe hays code is utterly fascist.
James Roeahh thank you videosift, thou doth deliver the most divine nuggets of esoterica.
10339I'd hit that ... is she still alive?
legacy0100Yea, like a lonely jungle man would let you be after seeing you naked.
GrimmJust a nitpick about the desc...I think you mean MPAA and not the FCC. The FCC deals with censoring television and radio...the MPAA censors movies and was actually known as the MPPDAA aka the "Hays Code" back in 1934.
swampgirlYou're probably right, Grimm. The excerpt was a quote from the YT page. I guess I should make a note of the source.
pmkierstsays...>> ^swampgirl:
And I didn't think the nudity was all that explicit.
Have you been to the movies lately? That was hard core compared to modern movies. Heck, I don't think there has even been the traditional stripper scene (well, very few) in hardly a single detective movie since the early nineties.
That said, great find, great sift, great booty.
lertadWow, film nudity used to be artistic.
swampgirlAww, come on.. they're not having sex or anything. She's just swimming. No biggy
Napalmsays...I wonder when (american) society will finally accept that nudity does not necessarily equal perversion or sex.
southblvdGross!!!!
thinkofalltheparasitesinthewaterandwhattheycouldbegettingintoewwww
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