Johnny Weissmuller
(1904 – 1984)
5 time Olympic
swimming champion
in the United States,
the character name is
still trademarked by
Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Inc. Those interested
in the movie should
download the trailer at https://archive.
org/detai l s/Tarz an_
the_Ape_Man_trailer.
The movie served in
large part to preserve
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the Weissmuller legacy. While his athletic awards may be the
grander of achievements, his legend survives on the back of
the movie. There are
greater athletes whose
fame