Popular mythology claims that Johnny Weissmuller did his own high-dive stunt in Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942). In the film, an escaping Tarzan jumps 200 feet (61 m) from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, but according to ERBzine and research on Edgar Rice Burroughs, the shot was filmed by cameraman Jack Smith on top of the MGM scenic tower on lot 3, using a dummy plunging into a tank of water.
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) was the final time that Maureen O'Sullivan would reprise her role as the character "Jane" in the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan Franchise, and her last motion picture until 1948. She wanted to devote more time to her seven children with her husband director John Farrow, including daughter Maria (AKA Mia Farrow).
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) was the first 1,200 films shown free to servicemen overseas. A 16mm copy was sent to Iceland and shown 10 May 1942.
The airplane, bearing the British registration of G-AECT, is the same plane that was destroyed in a crash in Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939). Unlike an airplane such as the Dakota, which has a cargo door, this plane has no such door, which means the lion cages wouldn't fit, and even if they did, there is simply no room on such a small plane for more than one cage.
Cheeta's famous laugh was supplied by former Our Gang member Mickey Daniels. The same recording found its way into dozens of films, usually for an animal, but sometimes for Mickey himself.
Elmo Lincoln: Here as a circus roustabout, Elmo Lincoln was the first actor to star as Tarzan in a 1919 film.