Carroll Young (1908–1992) was an American screenwriter who specialised in jungle stories. He used to work in publicity then went to work for

Sol Lesser Sol Lesser (February 17, 1890 – September 19, 1980) was an American film producer. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961. Biography In 1913, while living in San F ...

who produced Tarzan movies. Young became one of the regular writers of the films for the next decade. He later wrote Jungle Jim movies.Of Local Origin New York Times 31 Dec 1948: 11.

Filmography

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Tarzan Triumphs ''Tarzan Triumphs'' is a 1943 adventure film in which Tarzan fights the Nazis. Johnny Weissmuller had portrayed the Edgar Rice Burroughs character in six films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but this was his first with the producer Sol Lesser at R ...

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Tarzan's Desert Mystery ''Tarzan's Desert Mystery'' is a 1943 American Tarzan film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Johnny Weissmuller and Nancy Kelly. Like its immediate predecessor, ''Tarzan Triumphs'', the film mentions Tarzan's mate, Jane, but does not show ...

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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman ''Tarzan and the Leopard Woman'' is a 1946 action film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and portrayed by Johnny Weissmuller. Directed by Kurt Neumann, film sees Tarzan encounter a tribe of leopard-worshippers. It was ...

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Tarzan and the Mermaids ''Tarzan and the Mermaids'' is a 1948 adventure film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by Robert Florey, it was the last of twelve Tarzan films to star Johnny Weissmuller in the title role. It was also the fi ...

'' (1948) *'' Jungle Jim'' (1948) *''

Mark of the Gorilla ''Mark of the Gorilla'' is 1950 Jungle Jim film starring Johnny Weissmuller. It was the third in the series. Plot Gorilla attacks on humans come as a surprise to Jungle Jim, since the creatures are not known to exist in this part of Africa. On hi ...

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Captive Girl ''Captive Girl'' is the fourth Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by William Berke and starred Johnny Weissmuller as the title character. It was also Weissmuller's second teaming with his fellow former Tarzan and Olympi ...

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Bomba and the Hidden City ''Bomba and the Hidden City'' is a 1950 American adventure film. It was the fourth film in the 12-film ''Bomba, the Jungle Boy'' series. This is the first ''Bomba'' movie to be filmed outdoors. Plot A photographer and his guide meet a corrupt E ...

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Pygmy Island ''Pygmy Island'' is a 1950 Jungle Jim film starring Johnny Weissmuller as the title character. It was movie number five in the series. Production Filming started 19 June 1950. Katzman hired several midget actors to play pygmies. The film was shot ...

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Fury of the Congo ''Fury of the Congo'' (1951) is the sixth Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures. It features Johnny Weissmuller in his sixth performance as the protagonist adventurer Jungle Jim. The film was directed by William Berke and written by Carrol ...

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'' (1951) *'' Overland Telegraph'' (1951) *'' The Jungle'' (1952) *''

Tarzan and the She Devil ''Tarzan and the She-Devil'' is a 1953 American film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Joyce MacKenzie as Jane. It also features Raymond Burr, Tom Conway and Monique van Vooren, who plays the "She-Devil." Tarzan i ...

'' (1953) *'' Killer Ape'' (1953) *'' Cannibal Attack'' (1954) *'' She Devil'' (1957) *'' The Deerslayer'' (1957) *'' Machete'' (1958)

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