I don't know if he was smooth on purpose during his swimming days (or just naturally smooth), but I'm pretty sure he was made to be smooth-chested in any case for the Tarzan movies, which, like you say, is not very realistic! I think Mike Henry (in the mid-1960s!) was the first hairy-chested Tarzan.
These are great shots of Johnny, a man I really never found very attractive, especially as he grew a little older.
Tarzan is the son of a British Lord and Lady, so he is an Englishman. The name "Tarzan" means "white skin". He is "of the apes" because he was raised from infancy by a tribe of apes. This doesn't mean he RESEMBLED a hairy hominid. A smooth-skinned Tarzan is absolutely plausible.
You would think Tarzan of the apes would be more apelike...but he's smooth and shiny....not even a little shadow of hair on that bod....
ReplyDeleteLovely alliteration.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if he was smooth on purpose during his swimming days (or just naturally smooth), but I'm pretty sure he was made to be smooth-chested in any case for the Tarzan movies, which, like you say, is not very realistic! I think Mike Henry (in the mid-1960s!) was the first hairy-chested Tarzan.
ReplyDeleteThese are great shots of Johnny, a man I really never found very attractive, especially as he grew a little older.
Tarzan is the son of a British Lord and Lady, so he is an Englishman. The name "Tarzan" means "white skin". He is "of the apes" because he was raised from infancy by a tribe of apes. This doesn't mean he RESEMBLED a hairy hominid. A smooth-skinned Tarzan is absolutely plausible.
ReplyDeleteI am one of the few ancient ones who have seen his movies as Tarzan!
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