A pictures are A pictures.

The first two Weissmuller Tarzans may have even been bigger productions, adjusted for era and inflation, than the first two Connery Bonds, which were not epic-sized films. Location vs. backlot obviously has nothing to do with it, as many major films have been studio jobs, and many cheapjack programmers have been shot on location.

As folks who know film history have demonstrated, the early MGM Tarzans were A pictures.

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