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MGM’s feature film Tarzan the Ape Man (1931), and its sequel, Tarzan and His Mate (1934), both starring former Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, turned out to be huge successes for the studio. They also cemented in the public’s mind the image of the monosyllabic, grunting ape man.

That iteration of the ape man was so popular that it was used in the non-MGM film serial Tarzan the Fearless (1933), starring another Olympic swimmer, Buster Crabbe.

Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs praised the films in public (they were making him money, after all), but privately hated their portrayal of his most prized creation. So he partnered with a family friend, Ashton Dearholt, and produced the 12 chapter-serial The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935).

The serial starred yet another Olympian, Henry Brix, in the title role. Ironically, Brix had been MGM’s first choice to play Tarzan in their films. Brix, unfortunately, broke his shoulder while filming another movie. MGM went with their second choice, Weissmuller, and the rest is history.

Frankly, just by physique alone I think Brix is the superior Tarzan. Even in his early films Weissmuller always looked a little doughy to me.

Brix’s Tarzan was also extremely faithful to the character from Burroughs’ novels: the cultured, educated, literate Lord Greystroke who spoke several languages, yet was unmistakably a man of action. This was the last time Tarzan would be depicted so until 1959′s Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure.

Once the troubled production was completed (and that story is practically a book in itself), movie theatres were offered two different was to exhibit the serial: as a stand-alone feature 70 minutes in length, entitled Tarzan and the Lost Tribe; or a feature-length (65 minutes) first episode, followed by the remaining 11 chapters.

Reviews of the film were generally poor in the US, and The New Adventures of Tarzan was the last Tarzan serial ever produced. However, like most Tarzan films of the time, it was a great success overseas. So much so, in fact, that in 1938 the last ten chapters of the serial were edited together to become the feature Tarzan and the Green Goddess.

Brix felt he was typecast after the serial was released, so he soon changed his name to Bruce Bennett. That’s how he’s billed in the numerous films and television episodes he appeared throughout the 1940s and 50s.

Some trivia regarding The New Adventures of Tarzan:

- The film was set, and largely filmed, in Guatemala.

- Producer Ashton Dearholt, who was married, met his leading lady, Ula Holt, on a previous trip to Guatemala. Dearholt was so smitten that he took Holt home to live with him. That promptly led Dearholt’s wife, Florence Gilbert, to leave with their two children and divorce him.

- Dearholt also played Raglan, the villain of the story. He claimed he had to step in to play the role when the actor hired for the part, Don Costello, got sick. This earns him the “George Santos Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire Award,” as there was no Don Costello. It was just a story Dearholt made up because he always planned to act in the film.

- Edgar Rice Burroughs fell in love with Dearholt’s ex, Florence Gilbert, when he first met her in 1929. During filming of the serial in 1935 Burroughs divorced his wife and married Gilbert, despite (or perhaps because) her being 30 years younger than him.

- Tarzan’s chimpanzee companion in the film was named Nkima, not Cheeta as in the MGM films. Jiggs the chimp played both roles, and he was paid $2,000 for his work in the serial.

- Herman Brix was hired at the salary of $75 a week but, other than his travel and accommodations in Guatemala, never got paid for his work.

- There are stories that Brix was personally chosen by Burroughs to play Tarzan. Brix himself stated that he only met Burroughs briefly after filming had wrapped. The only actor Burroughs actually picked for the role was Jim Pierce, for 1927′s Tarzan and the Golden Lion.

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lovelyangryheart · 14 days

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Herman Brix, 1928 Olympics

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citizenscreen · 1 year

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Bruce Bennett (originally Harold Herman Brix), silver medalist in the shot put at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928.

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wahwealth · 3 months

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🌴Tarzan And The Green Goddess (1930) | Herman Brix | Ula Holt | Full Mov...

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July 1936: Random Gossip

July 1, 1936 – Argos Reflector

Carole Lombard and Clark Gable have agreed on a date to march down the aisle, but are waiting for the male heartbreaker to get his decree.

July 2, 1936 – Alexandria Times Tribune

[N]ow doctors say Carole Lombard is suffering from secondary anemia and can’t make the trip to Alaska for “Spawn of the North.” With a rented ocean liner standing by in San Francisco to take the troupe to location, the film has now been indefinitely postponed. The only happy person about it all probably, is Clark Gable, who won’t be having to tell Carole goodbye…

July 5, 1936 – Detroit Free Press

What price glory in Hollywood! Recently, I got up very early and took my car to a garage for some repair work. I got there just as they opened the doors, so I could be taken care of and be on my way to the studios. A few minutes later, in drove Clark Gable with that old broken-down flivver, given to him as a gag by Carole Lombard. Clark was on his way to Warner Bros. where he is working in a new film. In less time than it takes to tell, I was completely deserted, while half a dozen mechanics swarmed around Clark’s car. And all that it needed was some air in the tires.

July 18, 1936 – The Chattanooga News

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Westcott will return Saturday evening after an extensive Western trip. While in California they were widely entertained by Carole Lombard’s brother, who is a business associate of Mr. Westcott’s. Among the interesting members of their party were Carole Lombard and Clark Gable.

July 19, 1936 – The Los Angeles Times

“Romeo and Juliet” in the celluloid version of Shakespeare, made its bow to the press and a select group of film folk Wednesday eve at the Four Star. Glimpsed between the roaming arcs were Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond, the Herman Brixes, the Ken Lamberts and the Irving Thalbergs (Norma Shearer).

July 22, 1936 – NY Daily News

The big show at a Hollywood Boulevard movie house the other evening was for that group of people who sat behind Clark Gable and Carole Lombard at a showing of “San Francisco.” But Gable’s conversation about the picture he’s in didn’t go unnoticed. He’d make a good movie critic.

July 22, 1936 – Ogden Standard Examiner

Some Hollywood discoveries: That Carole Lombard made a direct play for Clark Gable after his separation and is proud of his companionship….

July 26, 1936 – The Des Moines Register

CAROLE LOMBARD’S mother, it is whispered, doesn’t relish the idea of CLARK GABLE as a prospective son-in-law and has been telling her daughter so.

July 26, 1936 – The Spokesman Review

Gable Plays Audience – Clark Gable, MGM star, comprised the entire audience for a private preview of Carole Lombard’s latest picture. Carole handled the projector.

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classicmoviesarchive · 1 year

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The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) / Complete Serial - All 12 Ep / Herman Brix, Ula Holt

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thepopculturearchivist · 4 years

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MOTION PICTURE HERALD, April 6, 1935

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atomic-chronoscaph · 5 years

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Tarzan Serials and Films (1933-1949)

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pulpsandcomics2 · 5 years

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“The New Adventures of Tarzan” (1935) 12 chapter serial staring Herman Brix

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pulpandcomics2 · 5 years

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Herman Brix and Ula Holt in “The New Adventures of Tarzan” (1935) A 12 chapter serial produced by Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, Inc.

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lovelyangryheart · 13 days

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Herman Brix, aka Bruce Bennett, playing Tarzan

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misterjayrealm · 4 years

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#Tarzan #Herman Brix #Tarzan and the Green Goddess #Tarzan Serials #Edgar Rice Burroughs #Cinema History #Film History

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