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How many got their first taste of Africa by watching Tarzan movies while a kid? Just kicking back this Friday afternoon and I found a Tarzan movie from 1939 on TV, starring Johnny Weissmuller. Pretty funny stuff. There is a herd of Indian Elephant. About 1/2 of them have fake African Elephant ears strapped on their heads!! Brings back many memories. | ||
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I did. The movies made me want to read the Edgar Rice Burroughs books. When I was ten years old, Ballantine Books paperbacks were available for 50 cents each. I shined my military Pop's shoes for 25 cents a pair. Spit shined! I collected all of the Tarzan books. Still have them. Discovered John Hunter's first book about the same time, at the public library. After Tarzan, Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett just did not do it for hero worship. Also about the same time, the TV Tarzan, played by Ron Ely started up. No longer was my name "Ronnie." Thenceforth I was the much more mature "Ron" who yodeled the Tarzan yell and swung from wild grape vines, with a Kabar sheath knife on my belt. | |||
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I saw the end. The bamboo pole vault was interesting. There is a documentary about Burroughs and Tarzan showing now on TCM. The first Tarzan movie was filmed nearby in Morgan City, La. | |||
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Watching the documentary right now. | |||
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Did you ever notice that all the natives look Polynesian? I DVR'd quita few Tarzan movies about a yr. ago. The same mule deer were in several & even a mountain liom showed up. 3 to 5 leopards in a group. Like a friend of mine said, our fathers didn't even know better as they had never been to Africa either. But, it was great entertainment & caused a lot of young boys to start dreaming of Africa, it certainly did me. I still think Janes "HOT". LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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Did you notice the tribe of pygmies in the first one, 1932 "Tarzan of the Apes"? They were the same bunch of white dwarves that played the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz," but with "blackface" all over their chubby little loinclothed bodies. There was maybe one truly black/African achondroplastic dwarf for facial closeup and bone shaking for the camera.  | |||
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I, on the other hand, had the unfair advantage of being born there .....  No vines, chimps or gorillas in the area, either.  -- Promise me, when I die, don't let my wife sell my guns for what I told I her I paid for them. | |||
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I had to get some work done so I switched it off before Tarzan of the Apes came on. But I remember seeing it in the past and I think I remember recognizing the Munchkins as well. Seems like the Tarzan movies were on every Saturday morning when I was a kid. I really think that is where I first got the bug! | |||
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Todd, Fake ears and fake ivory. But as little boys we thought it was for real. Mike | |||
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You bet we did. We bought it hook, line, and sinker. Hell, I still enjoyed watching it again today! | |||
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TCM channel hasbeen showing much of those oldies and I've watched some today. They've also showed the classic "Trader Horn" That showed one of the natives killed by a rhino - the real thing-try that today !! | |||
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C'mon, Guys. You're being too hard on the old Tarzan films. Even King Solomon's mines began with an Indian elephant with fake ears! From today's perspective the films are, indeed, poorly made. From a 1930s and '40 perspective they are amazing and introduced many to Africa and the animals there. They may not be realistic by today's standards but that was common back then. Hell, I have a best quality .600 nitro from 1914 with animals engraved on it and it is difficult to tell if one is a rhino or a dog! (When the bison is shot in Dances With Wolves you can see the rubber horns wiggle). And, if you look close, you will see some fine double rifles, both nitro boxlocks and big 8s and maybe a 4-bore on the native's shoulders. I tried to use many stills of the bore rifles in my upcoming book on the bore rifles but MGM would not give me permission. Yes, the elephants were not all African elephants, the pygmies not true pygmies, the natives not all Africans (in old John Wayne films, most of the Indians were whites), and the tree house technology a bit hard to believe, but I think they were cool movies. The rifles are great and at a time when the rifles were actually in use. Best of all is the nude swimming scenes of Jane which was actually an Olympic swimmer (Josephine McKim) as Maureen O'Sullivan did not like the water (Tarzan Finds a Mate). The nude swim was too far for the times and it was this film that began talk of ratings in films. Also, it was in King Kong where the big ape pulls off Fay Wraye's clothing, the same ratings talk also began. So, guys, give the big T a break and enjoy the films as you would if you were sitting in a movie theater in 1935 after the news reel, cartoons, and the first movie. (When my mom went to see the movies then, it cost ten cents--nine cents for the film and one cent for a handful of candy)! And, Johnny W. was THE best Tarzan as Sean C. THE best Bond. (I bet that statement will open up some hatemails)! Cheers, all, Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Edgar rice burroughs was hands down the best writer that I ever read as a kid,growing up in India,my favorite bookstore had a lot of old books,very early editions,those books left a lasting impression on me,reading a 500 page hardcover edition based on the Tarzan of the apes was an unforgettable experience,I wish my son could experience it !! DRSS | |||
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Being hard on the Tarzan movies? Hell, I love them!! They bring back lots of great childhood memories!! | |||
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Like Todd, I still love the old Tarzan movies & watch them when given the chance. It's just funny watching some of the crazy stuff in them. And I still think Jane is "HOT". LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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Nobody ever came within a light year of the books with movie "Tarzans". Fantastic stuff for the young man's imagination. Never saw a Tarzan movie growing up in East Africa, but boy! I sure wanted to be him. Hunting with a rifle is actually better now :-) _______________________ | |||
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There was another advantage in the old movies . In one safari movie Robert Taylor fires a 600 NE [to save the blonde of course !] and there was NO recoil !!  | |||
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I like the scene in Trader Horne where they get charged by a herd of Wildebeeste. Indy Life is short. Hunt hard. | |||
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Nah! I reckon "George of the Jungle" was good for a giggle or two. | |||
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Same here brother!!! They started my long love afair with Africa. DRSS | |||
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Another Tarzan vote for sure! Also John Wayne in Doctari and Abbott & Costello in Africa Screams.,watch them if you can find them! | |||
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I agree 100%. I loved those books. I read every single one of them as fast as I could pick them up. And incidentially, they taught me as much about good writing as any teacher I ever had! The films, on the other hand, leave a lot to be desired, especially to anyone who has read the books. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Grandad and I watched 'em all. He was a huge Johnny Wiemuller ( sp ) fan. . | |||
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And the first one with Maureeen O'Sullivan was a great place to get some good "wet T shirt" tittie quals when she was smimming!  USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Doctari or Hatari? I watch Hatari every time I find it being shown. I'm still a kid when it comes to Africa. | |||
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I loved and love Tarzan. I used to play Tarzan with our labs when I was a kid. I'd wrestle those "lions" then escape to the trees. I watched and read all the Tarzan I could find as a kid. | |||
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As a boy I watched Tarzan and any movie about Africa with an intense interest. That is probably where I picked up a dream at about age 5 or 6 to hunt an elephant ( and other animals in Africa. That dream has been realized in the past few years and I am still just as excited when I plan my coming safaris. I don't know why this happened but I am glad it did & it has altered my life in a most positive way, I consider it a blessing of good fortune. | |||
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Buzz likes Tarzan too . . . in fact, he has been known to dress up like him.  Mike | |||
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Tarzan had way too much self respect to wear a mankini! Buzz on the other hand, not so much. LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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Hands down the Tarzan movies are what lit the fire in me to get to Africa. Saw my first Tarzan movie when I was 7 years old and I just booked my first Arfican hunt to Namibia yesterday. I will be 73 years old in two weeks. Better late than never. Mauser | |||
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I started reading the Burroughs books about the time that you did. It is fair to say that he was incredibly inventive, considering how Tarzan has become so much copied. Then again, when he was writing, so very little was known of places and animals in "the Dark Continent" that he could let his imagination run. Same with his Mars books. Curiously, I recently read that Burroughs was so unsuccessful in business that he spent time reading pulp fiction magazines and concluded that they were so bad that he could do just as well if not better. The rest is history. He was a great success and made a pile of money at it. Norman Solberg International lawyer back in the US after 25 years and, having met a few of the bad guys and governments here and around the world, now focusing on private trusts that protect wealth from them. NRA Life Member for 50 years, NRA Endowment Member from 2014, NRA Patron from 2016. | |||
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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.a...-20120814-246nk.html Tarzan King of the Jungle turns 100 Kathi kathi@wildtravel.net 708-425-3552 "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." | |||
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google Jungle Jim to see more Johnny W. in african movies from 1937 to 1951 "battling the evil ivory hunters" | |||
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Jane Goodall??????? Who'd a thunk it? | |||
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Well, I can't let this go buy. When I was young my dad was friends with Mable Stark from the old Jungleland near Thousand Oaks. One day she came to visit and brought along== you got it, Johnny Weismuller (God please forgive me if I spelled it wrong). After a little visiting He cut loose with the one and only yell. No doubt that he did his own yell and I can still remember how really loud and authentic it was. Every one in the parking lot (this was at our shopping center and quite a crowd had gathered, jumped back and gave him a huge roar of applause as he left. Did Tarzan start it for me? Along with Frank Buck and Jungle Jim the ember got lit, and is still burning. Frank | |||
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Frank: Thanks for the cool story. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Yep two thums up for Tarzan. I would watch Tarzan every day after school and then grab my pellet gun and my dog and go huntn. | |||
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Heathens! | |||
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Not sure what rifles Redford and Streep are shooting in Out of Africa, but there's no recoil on either of those rifles when they shoot charging lions. I loved the scene anyway. JP Sauer Drilling 12x12x9.3x72 David Murray Scottish Hammer 12 Bore Alex Henry 500/450 Double Rifle Steyr Classic Mannlicher Fullstock 6.5x55 Steyr Classic Mannlicher Fullstock .30-06 Walther PPQ H2 9mm Walther PPS M2 Cogswell & Harrison Hammer 12 Bore Damascus And Too Many More | |||
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mdstewart: Thanks for bringing up Out of Africa. I seem to remember, about half way through the film, where Redford faces a lion with his double. He is holding two cartridges between his fingers--of this trigger hand! Is my memory correct in this error? Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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