Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning Olympic gold medals for the United States — there was Tarzan. Yes Tarzan, the fictional literary and film character who was raised by apes ...
An inside view on the glory and tragedy of Johnny Weissmuller, the world class swimmer and the one and only real Tarzan from the original 1930s Hollywood blockbusters. He was a star who became a ...
While Mr. Ely was not nearly as well-known as Johnny Weissmuller, the Olympic swimmer who played Tarzan in movies in the 1930s and 1940s, Mr. Ely helped form the image of the shirtless ...
A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir ...
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
Maureen O'Sullivan starred in six Tarzan films and is pictured above with Johnny Weissmuller in the 1936 film Tarzan Escapes. In this interview, she talks about her delight at returning to movie ...