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`Tarzan' author gets his wish, 63 years later

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From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Date: 19990620
Author:STEVE PERSALL

It's common for authors to comment about films based on their books. But movie studios usually don't wait 63 years for feedback from beyond the grave.

Long before his death, Edgar Rice Burroughs was on the same page with current thinking at Walt Disney Pictures regarding an animated version of "Tarzan" -- even if that page has yellowed with age since 1936.

Burroughs had already seen his creation adapted for the movies. In 1932, Tarzan became a screen icon when former Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller created the screen prototype in "Tarzan, the Ape Man." Five actors previously played the ...

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