(Here are a few frame enlargements showing some of the famous Hollywood stars who interacted with the big cats while practicing their art.) Buster Crabbe (King of the Jungle, 1933) |
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Close Encounters #1 (From Eric Beheim)
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Wasn't he 1 of many that portrayed
Tarzan in different films Eric
South of the border that would be
"El Rey de la Selva" as announced
for Jean Charles "Tarzan" but on our
last performnce in Puerto Rico long
ago they added "Tarzan la Bannan"
& a good time was had by all
I think Buster Crabbe may have also
been "Flash Gordon Space Cadet"
Buster's Tarzan yell when AAAAAEEEEEEE! Johnny had such a better yell!!
Like Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe was an Olympic swimming champion with an excellent physique. (In 1931, he had been one of the local college men tested by MGM for TARZAN THE APE MAN.) Based on the success of that film, Crabbe was hired by Paramount to play Kaspa the Lion Man in KING OF THE JUNGLE. (Kaspa was an obvious Tarzan rip-off; instead of having been raised by apes like Tarzan, Kaspa had been raised by lions.) Crabbe later got to play TARZAN in the 1933 serial TARZAN THE FEARLESS. He is probably best remembered for having played Flash Gordon in three serials in the 1930s.
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