The Weissmuller version of Tarzan my not be true to the original books, but that’s the version I remember from my childhood.
Our local elementary school would set up a projector and screen in the library during summer break and show the Weissmuller Tarzan movies and sometimes 3 Stooges shorts free of charge(there was no summer school).
If you absolutely had nothing else in the world to do and were bored to death, you would walk down a dirt road, barefoot, to the school and sit in folding chairs and watch for an hour or so, then walk back home. The films ran all afternoon and there were usually 5 or 6 kids watching at any one time. I’m not even sure they had complete Tarzan movies, seems like they had 20 or 30 minute clips, and they switched between different films (although the films were pretty much the same anyway). Cheeta was the favorite and got a cheer anytime he appeared onscreen.
Weissmuller was from my hometown.
A bit before my time, but they came on tv in the 60s and I really enjoyed them. Loved the books, too, in my teens.
Heard from my mom that the Tarzan movies were on the ‘no watch’ list for Catholics. Tarzan and his mate were not married!