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Tarzan, the Ape Man
(April 4, 1932)
Tarzan, the Ape Man is frankly and gorgeously spurious. It was
not made in Africa with benefit of publicity and palaver, but
on the home grounds of Hollywood, where the apes, crocodiles,
lions, tigers, dwarfs, elephants and gorillas are better
acquainted with their histrionic duties and can discharge them
more effectively. Almost as effective as the animals is Tarzan
Weissmuller. His ability as a swimmer has never led him into
jungles. The wildest animal he ever knew hitherto was the
comparatively tame and toothless alligator which used sometimes
to be allowed to splash comically in the Roney-Plaza Hotel's
luxurious swimming pool in Miami, where Weissmuller was swimming
instructor. Nevertheless he acquits himself creditably. His
spare frame is not too skinny for the role; he swims faster than
Miss O'Sullivan can run and his thick-featured face is what one
would expect in a foster brother of wild beasts. He wrestles
bravely with animals, stuffed or otherwise, and rides a
hippopotamus as though it were a Shetland pony. Best of all is
his first appearance -- swooping through the trees in huge quick
parabolas on a succession of trapezes made of ropy vines and
branches.