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...Tarzan Escapes (Metro -Goldwyn-Mayer) has one striking difference from its predecessor, Tarzan and His Mate, Mate Maureen O'Sullivan, who once frolicked through the jungle almost nude, now wears a tunic far more modest than most bathing suits. Despite the Legion of Decency, however, Tarzan's mate is still "Miss Jane Parker" to the whites who journey into Africa to find...
They are her cousins, Rita and Eric Parker, who want Jane's assistance in claiming a fortune that has been left her. They launch a safari under the guidance of a bring-'em-back-alive hunter named Captain Fry who plots to capture Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller). After the usual adventures, they find Tarzan and Jane, move in with them in their treetop "town house," whose butler is Cheetah, the chimpanzee. Cheetah understands Jane's words far better than does Tarzan. Though they have been living together for four years, Tarzan has been able to learn, only...
Cinemaddicts with good memories of MGM's two previous Tarzan pictures, though they may feel that they have seen Tarzan Escapes before, will find it richly entertaining. Good shots: Tarzan's elephant-power elevator; Cheetah laughing; the Ganelonis ingeniously tearing a captive limb from limb...
...liberty until the baseball season opens next spring. First Baseman Lou Gehrig of the World Champion New York Yankees offered himself to Hollywood film producers for the role of Tarzan, hitherto acted by Swimmers Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe. Dressing up in a leopard skin for Manhattan cameramen, Yankee Gehrig threw out a hairy chest, crowed: "It may sound like a screwy idea to you guys but I'm serious. . . . I've always hustled at everything I've taken up. ... I'd give it all I have. I'd even wrestle lions." Cornered by news...
Drumming her inch long, scarlet fingernails on the surface of her dressing table, Lupe smiled as she thought of her husband, Johnny "Tarzan" Weissmuller, "who is way out in Hollywood, but I lof heem very much just the same...