Tarzan

bullets

Who was your favorite Tarzan ?

For me it was the Actor Johnny Weissmuller. They were the films growing
up that I enjoyed most compared to other ones and even colour weekly TV
shows that came later. I remember an uncle of mine was a Captain on a Cruise liner and have photographs of himself in his younger years with photos
of the hollywood star of the time, one memorable one was of this actor.

http://theuraniumcafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/tarzan-and-amazons1945-w-johnny.html

Another favorite Tarzan of mine was Christopher Lambert playing Tarzan
in Greystoke and Ian Holm

~B

eyescreamcone

bullets wrote: »

Who was your favorite Tarzan ?

For me it was the Actor Johnny Weissmuller. They were the films growing
up that I enjoyed most compared to other ones and even colour weekly TV
shows that came later. I remember an uncle of mine was a Captain on a Cruise liner and have photographs of himself in his younger years with photos
of the hollywood star of the time, one memorable one was of this actor.

http://theuraniumcafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/tarzan-and-amazons1945-w-johnny.html

Another favorite Tarzan of mine was Christopher Lambert playing Tarzan
in Greystoke and Ian Holm

~B

There was only one Tarzan and that was Johnny Weissmuller
Olympic Champion also.
Great Sunday afo stuff when I was growing up

Check out Boy in those movies
He grew up to be Danno (as in "Book him Danno") in the original Hawaii 50

Bearhunter

"...Check out Boy in those movies
He grew up to be Danno (as in "Book him Danno") in the original Hawaii 50"

Umm, no he didn't. Danno (James MacArthur) wasn't even born when the first JW Tarzan films came out. It was Johnny Sheffield who played Boy.

eyescreamcone

Bearhunter wrote: »

"...Check out Boy in those movies
He grew up to be Danno (as in "Book him Danno") in the original Hawaii 50"

Umm, no he didn't. Danno (James MacArthur) wasn't even born when the first JW Tarzan films came out. It was Johnny Sheffield who played Boy.

That's what they want you to think
Check out the pics - I'd put a link up but I'm too old...

Ann22

Ah yeah...I loved the Johnny Weissmuller films. I bought the box set of them last year..deadly! Interestingly, once he was on holiday in Cuba during the revolution, he was with his mates playing golf, he was stopped and surrounded by Fidal Castro's men at gunpoint. He did the Tarzan trademark yell and they all were delighted, recognising him from the telly, they then escorted him to a safe place...Imagine that:).

Another interesting wee story is when he was introduced to the first Cheetah in his Tarzan films in 1931 (he worked with 8 chimpanzees altogether), the chimp's trainer told him to show no fear or the animal would attack him. As Weissmuller, dressed in his Tarzan loincloth and hunting knife, walked up to the animal, it bared its teeth, growled at him and lunged as if to attack him. Weissmuller took the knife out of the sheath and held it in front of the chimp's nose, to make sure he saw and smelled it. He then slammed the animal on the side of the head with the knife handle. He put the knife back in its sheath and held out his hand to the chimp. It glared at him, bared his teeth again, then changed its mind, grinned at Weissmuller and jumped up and hugged him. Weissmuller never had any further problems with the chimp--although other cast and crew members did--and it followed him around like a puppy dog during all the pictures they worked together.