Johnny Weissmuller News

The first time I ever saw a machete was in a Tarzan movie. Not one of those with Ron Ely or Christopher Lambert as the ape man.

Jungle saviour, noble savage, or green superhero? Tarzan's many mythical faces come under the microscope at a Paris show complete with sounds of the forest, and the hero's distinctive cry.

By Nicholas Bagnall and Katie Owen Published: 5:52AM BST 14 Jun 2009 It is amazing what can be achieved by a chimp 'randomly prodding at the keyboard'. This autobiography of Tarzan's best buddy is really a scintillating debut novel, which skewers the celebrity memoir and gives a savage portrayal of 1930s and 1940s Hollywood.

ACAPULCO, MEXICO: It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Masked and heavily armed Mexican soldiers battled outlaws holed up in a hillside mansion in a four-hour shootout that had tourists cowering in hotels nearby.

D uring my early teens, Sunday afternoons were spent glued to the family TV set, viewing old Tarzan movies.

I'm saddened by the news that the Coachella Valley's most famous primate isn't exactly what he appeared to be.

Johnny Weissmuller, the original ape-man. I love the dynamic poses in many of his stills.

Could Cheeta the chimp, the famous performing primate who's said to have starred alongside Johnny Weissmuller in the Tarzan films and Rex Harrison in Dr.

The late Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan with Johnny Sutherland as Boy and the chimpanzee Cheetah.

By PUNCH SHAW  FORT WORTH - A Tarzan yell sounds terrific in Bass Hall.We know that because Carol Burnett returned Monday night to the hallowed performance space she helped open 10 years ago and tested ...