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Beryl Scott resigned from Tarzan Johnny Weissmuller. He had already divorced her in Nevada and married again (his fourth), but she divorced him in California for good measure, and got it pressed down and overflowing: custody of the three children, their $50,000 home, car, jewelry and a minimum of $1,000 a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 5, 1948 | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

Born. To Maureen O'Sullivan, 36, Irish-born cinemactress, sometime mate of Tarzan, and John Villiers Farrow, 41, Australian-born Hollywood writerdirector: their fifth child, second daughter; in Los Angeles. Name: Prudence Anne. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 2, 1948 | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

...Here is Tarzan, king of muscle, Mandrake, king of magic, and, stronger than all, Superman (the Superman of Nietzsche recently adopted by the Americans), whose power has no limits and who well symbolizes the overweening vanity of atomic capitalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IDEOLOGIES: Aux Barricades! | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

Test Tube Frolics. So-called scientific fiction of this sort is not the private property of pulps and comics. As Author Bailey shows in this survey of the literary imagination frolicking among test tubes and cam shafts, Tarzan, Superman and even Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle are novices and newcomers in the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Science & Moonshine | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

Author Cain's introduction is so spirited that readers are likely to start his new novel with respect and sympathy. Unfortunately, they will find that The Butterfly, despite its air of dealing frankly with the delicate and ancient Oedipus theme, is about as incestuous as Tarzan of the Apes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pandora & Pappy | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

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