The Tarzan yell or Tarzan's jungle call is the distinctive, ululating yell of the character Tarzan as portrayed by actor Johnny Weissmuller in the films based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs starting with Tarzan the Ape Man (1932).

Jul 1, 2016 · In The Legend of Tarzan, gone is the high-pitched yodel that has become a hallmark of Tarzan, and in its place is a ferocious howl by Alexander Skarsgard.

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Aug 22, 2012 · The Tarzan yell has long been one of Hollywood’s most recognizable and iconic sound bites, right up there with Rhett Butler’s “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” and Captain Kirk’s ...

Turner Classic Movies reported that sound technicians created the famed Tarzan yell by amplifying and repeating Weissmuller's voice.

Jun 5, 2013 · Striking and iconic, the Tarzan Yell is one of the most famous sound effects in the history of film, recognizable even to people who’ve never seen an actual Tarzan film. But where did it come from? A BRIEF HISTORY OF TARZAN.

Oct 8, 2007 · In fact, the original Tarzan yodel-yell came mostly from Austrian-born actor Johnny Weissmuller. Yodeling shows up a lot in Hawaiian music but with a laid-back island feel. It can be...

Sep 29, 2020 · Burnett and her cousin would play together as Tarzan and Jane, recreating their favorite scenes from the movie. However, Burnett clarified to Larry King that’s not a yell, but a “yodel.”

The question of the source for the cry used in Johnny's Tarzan films has been argued at length over the past several decades. Up until the mid-60s, Johnny claimed that it was his own, derived from a yodelling contest he had won as a boy. The cry had been recorded to save his voice.

Tarzan exerts this primal scream to inspire fear & respect from the jungle. The most famous example is the Weissmuller Yodel from the 1930s movies.