Tarzan Was Not Raised By Gorillas<\/span><\/strong>
\nEverybody knows Tarzan was raised by gorillas. It\u2019s part of the established Tarzan lore . . . right? Well, this is a common misconception. In fact, it\u2019s so common that a number of movies have gotten it wrong.<\/p>\nTarzan was actually raised by a species of ape unknown to science. These creatures resemble gorillas in size and strength, but they differ in other ways. These great apes often walk upright, hunt animals, eat meat, and have a spoken language. They call themselves the \u201cmangani,\u201d and Burroughs describes them as \u201chuge,\u201d \u201cfierce,\u201d and \u201cterrible.\u201d He adds that they\u2019re \u201ca species closely allied to the gorilla, yet more intelligent.\u201d Thanks to their smarts and strength, the mangani are \u201cthe most fearsome of these awe-inspiring progenitors of man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edgar Rice Burroughs Killed Jane<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe first actress to play Jane Porter was En<\/span>id Markey in Tarzan of the Apes<\/em>. Unfortunately, Ms. Markey was a brunette, which went against Burroughs\u2019s image of Jane. In the novels, Jane is actually a blonde. (She isn\u2019t British, either. She\u2019s actually from Maryland.) It didn\u2019t help that Burroughs hated Markey\u2019s performance. In fact, he supposedly hated it so much that he killed off Jane in his next story.<\/p>\nIn the first chapter of Tarzan the Untamed<\/em>, Tarzan is away from home when World War I breaks out. When he returns, he finds that German soldiers have looted and burned his home, killing many of his servants and friends in the process. And shockingly, they\u2019ve murdered Jane.<\/p>\nTarzan Auditioned For A Tarzan Movie
\n<\/span><\/strong>Edgar Rice Burroughs had a love\/hate relationship with Hollywood. He loved the exposure and extra income, but he hated the way movies changed his character. He particularly disliked Elmo Lincoln, the first movie Tarzan, who was afraid of heights. Lincoln was also a beefy man with a 132-centimeter(52 in) chest in contrast to the lean, athletic Tarzan of the books.<\/p>\nNor was Burroughs happy with Johnny Weissmuller (pictured above), the most famous movie Tarzan. He wanted Tarzan to be articulate, but Weissmuller\u2019s version could barely speak English.<\/p>\n
The author took out his frustration in Tarzan and the Lion Man<\/em>. In this novel, our hero rescues a movie crew filming in the African jungle. Along the way, Burroughs mocks the actors, directors, and moviemaking in general. But the coup de grace comes in the last chapter. After his adventure, Tarzan visits Hollywood, and he\u2019s taken to meet a casting director:<\/p>\n\u201cThe casting director sized Clayton up. \u2018You look all right to me; I\u2019ll take you up to Mr. Goldeen; he\u2019s production manager. Had any experience?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\u2018As Tarzan?\u2019<\/p>\n
The casting director laughed. \u2018I mean in pictures.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018No.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Well, you might be all right at that. You don\u2019t have to be a Barrymore to play Tarzan. Come on, we\u2019ll go up to Mr. Goldeen\u2019s office.\u2019<\/p>\n
They had to wait a few minutes in the outer office, and then a secretary ushered them in.<\/p>\n
\u2018Hello, Ben!\u2019 the casting director greeted Goldeen. \u2018I think I\u2019ve got just the man for you. This is Mr. Clayton, Mr. Goldeen.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018For what?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018For Tarzan.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Oh, m-m-m.\u2019<\/p>\n
Goldeen\u2019s eyes surveyed Clayton critically for an instant; then the production manager made a gesture with his palm as though waving them away. He shook his head. \u2018Not the type,\u2019 he snapped. \u2018Not the type, at all.\u2019<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mathew Baugh and Listverse present 10 Facts About Tarzan That Will Surprise You. Here are three of my favorites… Tarzan Was Not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,17,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-celebs","category-movies","comments-off"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15190,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15188\/revisions\/15190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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