This is an underground model kit of Johnny Weismuller, THE movie Tarzan during the 30's and 40's. Been modified some and reposed.

Movie Tarzans The Silents: *ELMO LINCOLN ( twice )1918 *GENE POLLAR 1920 *JAMES PIERCE 1927 *FRANK MERILL ( twice ) 1929 The Talkies: *JOHNNY WEISSMULLER 1932 ( 10 to 12 times ) *BUSTER CRABBE 1933 *HERMAN BRIX 1935 *GLENN MORRIS 1938 *LEX BARKER 1951 ( 4 times ) *GORDON SCOTT 1955 ( 4 times, 1 TV special ) *DENNY MILLER 1959 *JOCK MAHONEY 1962 ( 2 times ) *MIKE HENRY 1966 ( 3 times ) *RON ELY 1968? ( TV series 2 seasons ) * MILES O' KEEFE 1981 * CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT 1984 *Casper Van Dien 2000? TV *JOE LARA ( 1 80's TV movie and 90's TV series of 1 season ) * WOLF LARSON the pc TV Tarzan early 90's *TRAVIS FIMMEL 2004 ( failed TV series of 1 season ) He was the most girlie looking Tarzan like Taylor Hanson with a Hercules body.

MOVIE POSTERS

This is a small reproduction of one of several posters of Weismuller's first Tarzan movie ( early 30's ). Seems lions are seen often in fight scenes with Tarzan in any medium.

One of Johnny's later movies and a good one IMO.

a major Burroughs Collection

Instead of showig you my CRUD like te homemade movie and book style loin cloths, I thought I'd show you image grabs from AMC's INVESTIGATING TARZAN. Here's one room in The Burroughs museum / collection at Luisville University in Kentucky. This place has more Tarzan stuff than ERB Inc does probably!

This shows just one side of one bookcase row. They have more but I don't know how many. THIS one maybe the main one. There's movie posters, toys I suppose, lobby cards, 8 x 10s, etc. This might almost be the Tarzan equivelent of Jim Hambrick's vast Superman collection! Might have 3 or 4 rooms.

Replica Knife

NOT at the museum but at ERB Inc. Here's a copy of one of Weismuller's movie knifes. That blade may be 9 inches!

Movie Loin Cloths

After Weismuller got the role, most movie loin cloths were pretty much the same: brown trunks covered by a brown swede (?) flap in front and back. Gordon Scott's was unique though as the back flap encircled the hips and overlapped the front flap at the sides. Scott was the first bodybuilder Tarzan (1950's). Later Mke Henry ( late 1960's ) would be the one other most muscular one BEFORE the Tarzan movies were to be tried again in the 80's with Miles O'Keefe being the bodybuilder Tarzan (in that stinking pile Bo Derek movie) until the 90's and 2004 TV efforts happened.

Before Weismuller ( 1932? ), the last silent movie Tarzan who had one of the more impressive physiques in reality, sported NOT a loincloth but leapard knee pants!

Buster Crabbe in a 1930's serial was the only non silent movie Tarzan to sport leapard skin and trunks at that.