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Moments: A lion mangling a native lute player; a lion tamer going mad with fear when lions, loose and hungry, besiege him and his shipmates in a cave. A moment not composed by Creelman occurred when Tarzan, 3-year-old trained Nubian lion, was startled by the whir of motors in a hidden camera box while Bickford was lying on the ground in front of him. The beast sank its teeth in the actor's neck, shook him, dropped him, leaped on his prostrate body, stood there until scared off. Nine days later Bickford, with his bandages disguised...
...remainder of the ballots are pretty evenly distributed between Flash Gordon and his rocket gun, Blondie and her troublesome babe and husband, Webster's Timid Soul, and daring detective Dick Tracy. Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan, must content himself with being the choice of a single...
...their sequences with hugging and mugging--a procedure which may fit in with "Petting in the Park" but hardly with Mendlessohn; Puck, whom we have always imagined as an elfin creature of some wistfulness and considerable dignity is played by one Mickey Rooney as a combination of an immature Tarzan and Peck's Bad Boy, uttering the most fearsome grunts and growls; Lysander who turns out to be none other than our own Dick Powell needs some more Shakespearean seasoning, and when his voice rises into the higher octaves, he is practically indistinguishable from Mustard Seed and Pease Blossom...
Married. Edgar Rice Burroughs, 59, author of Tarzan books; and Mrs. Florence Gilbert Dearholt, divorced wife of a cinema associate of Author Burroughs; in Las Vegas, Nev. Last December Mr. Burroughs divorced his wife of 34 years, Mrs. Emma Centennia Hulburt Burroughs...
Popcorn, tonic, and frozen custard offer themselves to these in need of refreshment. By all means go. Nothing could be loss fun. And be sure to take home a Tarzan Bow Set (only $1.50) for the kiddies...