Tarzan Finds a Son!
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Tarzan Finds a Son! is a 1939 adventure film in the Tarzan series, notable for starring Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and introducing the character of Boy as his adopted son.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tarzan Finds a Son! canonical | 5 |
| Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7498486 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tarzan Finds a Son! Context triple: [Johnny Weissmuller, notableWork, Tarzan Finds a Son!]
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A.
Tarzan and His Mate
Tarzan and His Mate is a 1934 pre-Code adventure film in the Tarzan series, renowned for its jungle action, romantic storyline, and one of early Hollywood’s most famous underwater sequences.
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B.
Tarzan Goes to India
Tarzan Goes to India is a 1962 adventure film in the Tarzan franchise, featuring the jungle hero’s exploits in India and directed by John Guillermin.
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C.
Tarzan and the Lost City
Tarzan and the Lost City is a 1998 adventure film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle hero story, featuring Tarzan returning to Africa to protect a fabled city from treasure hunters.
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D.
Tarzan Escapes
Tarzan Escapes is a 1936 adventure film in the Tarzan series, starring Johnny Weissmuller as the iconic jungle hero.
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E.
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure is a 1959 British-American jungle adventure film in the Tarzan series, noted for its darker tone and more realistic, action-driven portrayal of the iconic character.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tarzan Finds a Son! Target entity description: Tarzan Finds a Son! is a 1939 adventure film in the Tarzan series, notable for starring Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and introducing the character of Boy as his adopted son.
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A.
Tarzan and His Mate
Tarzan and His Mate is a 1934 pre-Code adventure film in the Tarzan series, renowned for its jungle action, romantic storyline, and one of early Hollywood’s most famous underwater sequences.
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B.
Tarzan Goes to India
Tarzan Goes to India is a 1962 adventure film in the Tarzan franchise, featuring the jungle hero’s exploits in India and directed by John Guillermin.
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C.
Tarzan and the Lost City
Tarzan and the Lost City is a 1998 adventure film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle hero story, featuring Tarzan returning to Africa to protect a fabled city from treasure hunters.
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D.
Tarzan Escapes
Tarzan Escapes is a 1936 adventure film in the Tarzan series, starring Johnny Weissmuller as the iconic jungle hero.
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E.
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure is a 1959 British-American jungle adventure film in the Tarzan series, noted for its darker tone and more realistic, action-driven portrayal of the iconic character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tarzan characters by Edgar Rice Burroughs ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Johnny Sheffield as Boy
ⓘ
Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan ⓘ Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane ⓘ |
| chronologicalPositionInSeries | fourth Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film for MGM ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Cheetah the chimpanzee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalSetting | African jungle ⓘ |
| followedBy | Tarzan's Secret Treasure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
jungle film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adoption
ⓘ
civilization versus nature ⓘ family ⓘ |
| introducedCharacter | Boy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Boy
ⓘ
Jane Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introducing the character Boy as Tarzan and Jane's adopted son
ⓘ
starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Tarzan film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Tarzan Escapes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Johnny Sheffield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johnny Weissmuller NERFINISHED ⓘ Maureen O'Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Tarzan Finds a Son! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tarzan Finds a Son! Description of subject: Tarzan Finds a Son! is a 1939 adventure film in the Tarzan series, notable for starring Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and introducing the character of Boy as his adopted son.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939 film)