The Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan series of movies were successful due to charisma of the stars, even though both actors were relatively unknown when selected for their parts.

The movies that followed were more correct and decorous, and Jane’s characterisation was changed to conform to the new restrictions imposed by the Code. After Tarzan and His Mate, the movie sequence suffered from a rigorous application of the Production Code, as they considered this movie had many flaws: too much nudity a scene with Jane backlit while changing in a tent comments about a bra and there were concerns about the increased levels of violence against the animals. Tarzan the Ape Man was lucky enough to have minimal interference by the Hayes Office, as the Code was still being implemented. Generally, most production companies ensured their movies had Hay’s Office approval to prevent criticism or further censorship. Of course, it was often ignored, particularly when the Code might seriously damage the money-making ability of a film. Joe Breen was the driving force behind this set of restrictions, and though it was never made into a law, it was enforced with enthusiasm. Then, in February 1930, the Hays Office brought out a new moral code that was full of ‘Don’ts’ and ‘Becarefuls’: the Production Code. In 1922, the Hays Office was created, by the studios and cinematographers, as an attempt to stave off interference in film production by the States or Federal US government. However, three major scandals plagued the film industry in America.

The early 1920s was in a period of economic growth for the film industry, as it was benefiting from increased consumer spending on leisure, and the technological revolution caused by the introduction of sound. Did the representation of Jane, after the enforcement of the Production Code regulations, have a very different pattern of behaviour, costuming, and setting to original depiction of Jane in this movie sequence, and were the consequences to the genre and grammar of the films? What were effects of The Hay’s Code on the representation of Jane in the Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan movies? A comparison of the differences in the portrayal of Jane, in Tarzan the Ape Man, Tarzan and His Mate, Tarzan Escapes, Tarzan Finds a Son, Tarzan’s Secret Treasure and Tarzan’s New York Adventure, illustrates how much power the Hay Code wielded, as these were the Tarzan movies in production when the Code was gaining in influence in Hollywood. The Hay’s Office, which endeavoured to police the Production Code, influenced cinematographers to adopt a restrictive, respectable morality in their films during the 1930s. This is one of my university assignments from the first year of my Arts degree.

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