 Starting in 1958, Weintraub took over the Tarzan franchise from Sol Lesser and began producing Tarzan films made on actual locations (most previous Tarzan films had been shot on studio sets, with stock jungle footage edited in).He decided to drop the character of Jane and portray Tarzan as a well-spoken lone adventurer, though the title character is allies with Jai and the chimpanzee Cheeta.Weintraub started with "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure" (1959) and its follow-up, "Tarzan the Magnificent" (1960), both with Gordon Scott.