Film News
Manitoba Free Press Monday, August 26, 1918 Winnipeg, Manitoba There are 18 episodes in the Brass Bullet," which is a story of the war, romance and travel. The scenes were taken at Santa Catalina Island, California. Frank R. Adanis wrote the story, and Ben Wilson directed it. In the cast are Ashton Dearholt, Hal Cooley, Joseph Girard, Helen Writght, Charles Malles, Charles Fores. |
Indianapolis Star Saturday, November 30, 1918 Indianapolis,
Indiana
Ashton Dearholt, who played opposite Priscilla Dean in the "The Two-Soul Woman," will again be her leading man in "Miss Defin, Safe Cracker," a crook comedy dramawhich she is now making under the direction of Jack Dilles. Dearholt has recently been plaing Juanita Hansen and Jack Mulhall in "The Brass Bullet," Universal's latest serial. |
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Follow-up of Movies Already Well Known to Public IT, TOO, IS FULL OF ANIMALS Beautiful Photography Promised ~ News of Theaters by Esther Wagner Friday, July 09, 1920 Lima, Ohio |
Wisconsin
Rapids Daily Tribune
WONDERFUL SETTINGS IN CHAPTER TWO OF "ADVENTURES OF TARZAN" their seats until the exciting climax of this episode
is finally reached. The pretty romance b between Tarzan and Jane, daughter
of the naturalist, Professor Porter, develops further while the enemies
of Tarzan, both in human and wild animal form, plot unsuccessfully against
the life of the strange man of the jungle. Manager Reed states that it
is his opinion that "Adventures of Tarzan" premiers to be the greatest
serial he has ever displayed for the entertainment of his patrons and he
looks forward to a record crowd of Tarzan admirers Saturday when the second
chapter of "Adventures of Tarzan" will be shown.
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News Tuesday, June 15, 1926 Frederick, Maryland
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Today ~ Tonight: MARYLAND THEATRE W.L.O. Fisher, Prop. The House of High Class Photoplays 1 -- Ashton Dearholt as "Pinto Pete" in "THE DIAMOND BANDIT A thrilling Western with whirlwind action from beginning to end -- fast riding, exciting chases, daring adventures, suspense and mystery enouigh to keep you guessing until the surprise climax. There is not one dull moment. Th excitement starts in the first scene and from then on a big cast of Western players keeps things turning at an lively gait. One of the best Westerns you have seen for some time -- just the kind you enjoy. |
New Story of Tarzan Series The Mansfield News Sunday, November 27, 1927 |
So many have read the "Tarzan" stories by Edgar Rice
Burroughs that FBO company have filmed one of his novels. That novel, "Tarzan
and the Golden Lion.", in its film adaptation will be seen today and through
Wednesday at the Park.
The theme deals with Tarzan's life on his plantation in central Africa, with his wife, Lady Greystoke and their niece, Ruth Porter, who is in love with Burton Bradney, the overseer of Tarzan's domain. One of the first exciting moments in the picture is the arrival of an escaped slave from the Palace of Diamonds in a hidden city. To fortify his tale of the unbelievable treasures stored in the Palace, the slave has brought a bag of diamonds with him. However, as the plans for an expedition to the city are being made, an unseen figure is listening at the window, and Tarzan's difficulties in reaching the Palace are made almost insurmountable through his efforts. Thrills and romance are woven in the adventurous quest which ends in happiness in spite of all obstacles. J. P. McGowan is responsible for the masterful direction while credit for the adaptation and continuity go to William R. Wing. |
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Monday, October 14, 1935 Newark Advocate ~ Newark, Ohio The Burroughs-Tarzan expedition was under the direct charge and personal supervision of Ashton Dearholt and Wilbur McGaugh dong the direction. |
Wednesday, September 09, 1953 Nevada State Journal ~ Reno, Nevada |
Coshocton Tribune ~ Coshocton, Ohio 1958-10-29 JACKSON, Miss — (UPI) — A Mississippi public service commissioner wrote the script for the latest Tarzan movie — "Tarzan's Fight for Life" Thomas Hal Phillips, who also is a novelist, said the film takes a new approach to the 40-year-old Tarzan series. In it, Tarzan does not speak broken English and is "a little bit more adult" Phillips took time off from his state duties to write the script. He has also turned out several novels and short stories. |
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HALLOO OUT THERE -- It's the new Tarzan, Denny Miller, starring in the Lincoln's "Tarzan, Ape Man." |
Lincoln Evening Journal ~ Lincoln, Nebraska October 25, 1959 Denny Miller, Cesare Danova and Joanna Barns star, with Miller in the title role. The new Tarzan is 6' 4", a former UCLA basketball star. Story revolves about attempt of Jane, her father and white hunter to find ivory wealth of famed Elephants Burial Ground. Village, him burned by frenzied natives. They mad! Jane, she saved from elephant by Tarzan. She glad! ' |
Post Standard ~ Syracuse, New York May 19, 1971 . . . Tarzan is coming to television all right, but just who's bringing him seems to be up in the air. Producer Sol Lesser, who has owned the movie rights to the Edgar Rice Burroughs character for 15 years, has made an offer for the video rights and started shooting film in Africa. |
Daily Times News ~ Burlington, North Carolina September 22, 1972 . . . "I became a expert on screaming and yelling in radio," he recalls. "I was on the old Tarzan radio show which was personally written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. |
New Burroughs Film Creaky but Funny |
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75-Year-Old Tarzan Honored on Centennial |
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TARZAN YELL COMPETITION SET FOR LA Indiana Evening Gazette ~ August 4, 1976 LOS ANGELES (AP) - People are dropping off the vines and unlimbering larynxes for a Tarzan yell competition that promises to give the winner a week in Europe and split your eardrums. Aaaeeaaeeaaaaah," children are heard bellowing at recreation centers throughout a four county area of Southern California. The competition is sponsored by a restaurant chain and the Edgar Rice Burroughs Co. The late Edgar Rice Burroughs created the jungle hero who originated the yell. "It's driving people crazy because the kids are all getting in voice for it," said Kellogg Adams, spokesman for the sponsoring restaurant chain. "The idea came from Carl Schroeder, a fellow who works for the Edgar Rice Burroughs Co." The company still owns all the properties that have to do with Tarzan and still licenses comic books, clothing and such things, he said. Frank Earl, who works for Burroughs, said a preliminary competition Saturday in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties will yield 3,900 winners who will be winnowed down to 390 for the finals in early September. The grand prize is a weeklong trip to Europe for two. There will be several other prizes scaled according to age, sex and yelling ability. |
Saturday, July 03, 1999 Gleaner ~ Kingston, Kingston Review by Michael Rockord "WAY BACK in 1936, Edgar Rice Burroughs conceived the idea of a "Tarzan" animated picture as a \yay of bringing this literary hero to more audiences. He wrote to his son, "The cartoon must be good. It must approximate Disney excellence." He would have been pleased, with the current Disney Pictures production. "Disney excellence" permeates it. No doubt many others of the previous 47 movie adaptations of Burroughs' Tarzan books would have pleased the author, too. .Tarzan is said to be the second most filmed subject in Hollywood history. Only Dracula is more popular. On Wednesday afternoon, the cinema showing Tarzan was nearly filled with pre-teen children. They seemed to enjoy the picture. I know some of the adults accompanying them also enjoyed it; I asked a couple of them. The children probably liked the wonderful animation and the immense amount of action the story contains. But they may have missed, consciously, the many moral lessons it contains. No doubt the adults picked them up consciously, hence, at least in part, their delight with the feature. In telling their version of the Tarzan story, the Disney
creative team deliberately focused on the lead character's "emotional journey
as he tries to find his place between two worlds", the gorilla family which
raised him and the human family into which he was born. I haven't seen
all the other Tarzan films made and so accept on faith the publicist's
claim that this focus provided: previously unexplored opportunities to
add depth and emotion to the characters and their situations."
The story starts with the capture of Kala's baby by a leopard; Kala is the "Mom" of a gorilla tribe and wife to Kerchak (Lance Henriksen), the leader. After her loss, Kala hears a .baby crying in a tree-top hut, investigates and finds baby Tarzan in a bassinet. Around him is evidence that his parents were killed by the leopard. Kala is a mourning mother. The baby is cute and friendly. Naturally, Kala wants to adopt the baby, and this she does, despite the reservations of her husband. Kerchak is a good gorilla, but his duty and loyalty to the tribe makes him instinctively reject the unusually helpless, "hairless wonder." The issue of Tarzan's different appearance is one which causes a life-long problem to Kerchak. His viewpoint differs from Kala, who looks at the similarities between Tarzan and the gorillas. Tarzan continually suffers because of his 'father's' rejection, the gorilla chief is the only father Tarzan knows, but he finds solace with Kala. There are lessons to be learnt here about parent-child relationships and even racial prejudice, of course. Tarzan's friends include Terk a young female gorilla, and Tantor; a baby elephant. Together; they get into several amusing and exciting scrapes. Tarzan's enemies include a tribe of baboons, a giant snake, the leopard and, later, human gorilla hunters. One from the last named group is Clayton (Brian Blessed)
who comes to Tarzan's jungle home along with the pretty Jane Porter (Minnie
Driver) and her .father, Prof. Porter. Jane and her father want to observe
gorillas in the wild and know nothing of Clayton' s ulterior .motives;
When Tarzan meets Jane, the mutual attraction is instantaneous. The score,
which includes five songs by Phil Collins, is as beautiful as the colourful,
quick-moving animation, The latter is especially attractive because of
the chief animator's inspired data of having Tarzan "surfing" through the
trees.
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November 11, 1918 ~ The Temple Daily Telegram ~ Temple, Texas
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