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...first Tarzan who actually spoke whole sentences was Lex Barker, of the New York Social Register, who in 1948 replaced Johnny Weissmuller, the mobil-est Tarzan of them all. An Olympic champion and once the fastest swimmer in the world, Weissmuller also holds the record for longevity as the jungle hero: twelve versions over 16 years. Today's Tarzan is Gordon Scott, 30, with a 50-in. chest. A onetime lifeguard at a Las Vegas hotel, Scott is the first Tarzan in color and CinemaScope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bongo Bongo Boffo | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

...have to decide whether Felice Orsini was a hero or an inept killer, or both. As to his bomb-throwing predilections, he might have answered with the famous line Empress Eugénie is said to have spoken as she stepped from her wrecked, blood-spattered carriage: "C'est le métier [It's all in the day's work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blood of Patriots & Tyrants | 7/14/1958 | See Source »

...wrought-iron gates of 400-year-old La Fortaleza, where Muñoz gave him a state dinner in the ancient fort's great candlelit dining room. Said Nixon: "I couldn't think of a better place to be." Said Muñoz: "Mr. Vice President, está en su casa [you are in your house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUERTO RICO: The Bard of Bootstrap | 6/23/1958 | See Source »

...what if he does not make it?" I insisted. For the first time in our talk. Soustelle spoke French. He shrugged and said: "C'est...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALGERIA: Cheaper Than War | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

...elaborate crest at the top of a postcard caught Vag's attention one morning. Looking down, past the "Est. 1639" and the "By Special Appointment to H.R.H.," Vag learned that an itinerant representative of Scott and Hanbury Ltd. (Military and Civil Tailors of 43 Knight st., London S.W.1) would soon receive clients at the Parker House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: By Special Appointment | 5/31/1958 | See Source »

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