Most Tarzan enthusiasts consider 1934s Tarzan and His Mate to be the best of the Johnny Weissmuller-Maureen OSullivan Tarzan efforts. Certainly it is the sexiest, with Weissmuller and especially OSullivan wearing next to nothing for most of the films running time. Picking up where 1932s Tarzan the Ape Man left off, the films plot is set in motion by avaricious ivory hunter Paul Cavanaugh, who arrives in the African jungle in search of the fabled Elephants Graveyard. Accompanying Cavanaugh is Neil Hamilton the former fiance of Jane Porter (Maureen OSullivan), who for the past two years has been living with jungle lord Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) without benefit of clergy (this is strictly a pre-code effort, as evidenced by Janes bikini-like attire and the now-famous skinny-dipping sequence). Jane briefly entertains notions of returning to civilization, but opts for her blissful outdoor existence with Tarzan. The plot rears its ugly head again when Cavanaugh shoots Tarzan and leaves him for dead, the better to seek out the precious ivory unimpeded. Rescued by his simian friends, Tarzan races towards the elephants burial site, where Cavanaugh and Hamilton have been eaten by lions and Jane is next on the menu. A convenient elephant stampede--heralded by that classic Tarzan ahh-ee-yahhhh-ee-yahhhh--saves Jane from the lions fangs in the nick of time. Tarzan and His Mate was the last of MGMs Tarzan series to be targeted for a strictly adult audience: the remaining MGM Tarzans, made under stricter censorship guidelines, were geared for the whole family. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide