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Divorced: by Novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan; Emma Hulbert Burroughs, who married him 34 years ago when he was earning $15 a week; in Las Vegas, Nev. two days after she threatened to divorce him for incompatibility. Charge: cruelty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 17, 1934 | 12/17/1934 | See Source »

...drug store and the back-room games of pinochle with the town "doc" and when his wife drags him off to the New Orleans Mardi Gras he makes his bid for freedom by showing her that he can play with the best of them. As the somewhat inebriated Tarzan at the Grand Ball, Mr. Rogers is screamingly funny, so much so, in fact, that his wife consents to his return to the store...

Author: By S. M. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 10/19/1934 | See Source »

...Neudorf is not a specialist in putting two inches on your biceps in a week. "No, I don't teach any of this strongman stuff. By practicing gymnastics as I teach them, a man can gain muscular coordination as well as a powerful build. No Tarzan tactics in my classes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hans Neudorf---Strongfort---Atlas Develops Chests of Weak or Anemic Harvard Students | 10/16/1934 | See Source »

...Offensive in spots" were Stand Up and Cheer, Shoot the Works (see col. 3), The Thin Man, The Constant Nymph, It Happened One Night, Tarzan and His Mate, We're Not Dressing, Little Miss Marker, As the Earth Turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cardinal's Campaign | 7/16/1934 | See Source »

...bullets, King Kong and Frank Buck. War is imminent. (Advertisement courtesy of the National Students League.) In a chaos of Hate and Strife we find ourselves, swept along by irresistible currents, pursued by a thousand enemies, unable to save ourselves by uttering a long quavering squeal the way Tarzan does when he and Jane get chased from pillar to post by his jungle pals. What, then, shall we do? Shall we put our trust in Roosevelt the Righteous, paint ourselves blue and sing 'NRA, my God to Thee, a Gentleman's Marks Are CCC, ERA, ERA, CWA!' Shall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Festivities Of Class Day Marked With Ivy Oration And Stunts of Reunioners | 6/21/1934 | See Source »

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