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Originally Posted by Bounci
Haven't posted on here for a while, so I thought I'd upload what I came across a couple of months ago. It's from the vintage era of Hollywood - Pre Hays code - and is of the lovely Maureen O'Sullivan, who was the original Jane in the 1930's Tarzan films. Her most revealing role came in Tarzan and His Mate (1934), where she not only indulges in a spot of naked swimming, but there is also a shot I got from another video of a scene that escaped the censors when her loincloth revealed more of Jane than anyone intended...
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I have thanked this, especially because I remember seeing the loincloth scenes on TV (in the early '60s, God help me!) and wondering if there was some way to record and/or freeze frames, but think this clarification is necessary:
" 'Tarzan the Ape Man' was followed up with a sequel, 'Tarzan and His Mate' (1934). And surprisingly, the sequel included an underwater nude scene with Tarzan in a loincloth and Jane completely nude. For a little over two and half minutes, the two stars swim a very artistic choreographed routine underwater. Well, I say two stars. The fact is Maureen O’Sullivan had a body double do the scene for her, a former Olympic Champion — Josephine McKim. Not that O’Sullivan had any qualms about the nude scene. She spent most of the movie scantily clad in a loincloth herself. And, in a 1994 interview with Ron Miller admitted she thought the sexy scenes were 'fun.' In the same interview, O’Sullivan says she refused to do the swimming scene because she’s claustrophobic and couldn’t bear to put her face under water. Alas, most of the American public never saw Jane’s nude scene in 'Tarzan and His Mate' because of the newly formed (June 1934) Production Code Administration (PCA) which required all films to obtain a certificate of approval before being released. When the newly formed PCA began strictly enforcing its tenets, the first major instance of censorship involved removing the nude scene from 'Tarzan and His Mate.' Despite the scene being ordered removed, some US territories without censor boards included the nude swim. Film historian Rudy Behlmer says MGM released three different versions of the scene: one with Jane fully clothed, one topless, and one completely naked. When MGM’s deception was discovered, the PCA ordered the scene to be removed from the film’s negative. Despite this order, the scene survived in the master positive print — giving you the opportunity to view it today. You can thank Ted Turner for restoring the scene after purchasing the library." (from wackyexplorer.com )