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Let’s Hear it for Tarzan of the Apes, (the 1918 Movie) On Its Centennial Today

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Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc launches new Vimeo Channel with two videos: Lord of the Jungle and Barsoom Beyond Imagination

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Dum Dum Day 3 Updates from Cathy Wilbanks

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Dum-Dum Day 2 Updates from Cathy Wilbanks — Video and Photos

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Dum Dum 2017 is Off and Running — Updates from Cathy Wilbanks

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ERB Inc. — Day 2 at San Diego Comic-Con — Cathy Wilbanks Video and Photo Report

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Telegraph: Q: Was Edgar Rice Burroughs a Xenophobic Hack or Master Storyteller? A: Master Storyteller, mostly

But the most striking features of the work – the encapsulated tensions in Tarzan between civilisation and the natural world, the freewheeling Martian imagination that gave birth to so many […]

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Must-read: Sci-Fi Author Steven Barnes Offers Analysis of Legend of Tarzan

Note:  “Must-read” is basically a note to myself, as it will not please everyone — but I feel it is fair and insightful, and is  is among the very best cultural […]

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New Orleans Times Picayune: The Legend of Tarzan In Louisiana (featuring Al Bohl)

Al Bohl is a great friend of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and all of the ERB fan groups.  His documentary Tarzan, Lord of the Louisiana Jungle, which he produced with […]

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Forbes: The Box Office Lessons of Legend of Tarzan

Scott Mendelson, one of the premiere box office savants, has jumped in with a detailed analysis of Legend of Tarzan Box Office which is well worth reading from start to […]

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Box Office Actuals Are In — Legend of Tarzan Upgraded Again from from $45.5M to $46.6M

The pattern of Legend of Tarzan being repeatedly upgraded from estimate to actual has continued, as Warner Brothers has now confirmed the actuals for the weekend and they are higher […]

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UPROXX: The Legend of Tarzan Points to a Rich Vein of Pulp Weirdness Hollywood Should Tap

Uproxx by Dan Seitz We’ve all heard the story of Tarzan. Edgar Rice Burroughs’ vine-swinging pulp hero has been around for more than a century at this point, and been […]

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Legend of Tarzan: Rick Barry on George Washington Williams and Leon Rom

This was written by Rick Barry many months ago when not so many people were paying attention. I’m re-posting it — lots of great info. by Rick Barry From what […]

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MoviePilot: Getting to know George Washington Williams, Samuel Jack’s Real-life Character

MoviePilot | From the get-go, we deduced that The Legend of Tarzan will be unlike its predecessors; nor will it simply be just an update to the classics. It’s nearly the […]

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UK Premiere of Legend of Tarzan — Updates

UK Premiere for Legend of Tarzan is happening now. Burroughs Bibliophile Laurence Dunn is there and providing us with photo coverage.   Thanks Laurence!   We will  be adding updates from […]

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Cinemablend Breaks Down How Legend of Tarzan Differs From the Books

via Cinemablend | by Dirk Libby The following contains spoilers for The Legend of Tarzan, as well as the books the film is based on. First published in 1912, Tarzan is one […]

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Cathy Wilbanks: A Week I’ll Never Forget, Thanks to Legend of Tarzan

Guest Post by Cathy Wilbanks, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. I think I can safely speak for everyone at ERB Inc. when I say that we are absolutely thrilled with Legend […]

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Legend of Tarzan Cast Answer Question: Are Tarzan Stories Inherently Racist?

Very interesting — a UK interviewer asks the same question of all the cast members. It’s interesting to see how they respond. The question is posed succinctly, and fairly:  “The […]

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A Response to The Hollywood Reporter: “Why the Tarzan Myth No Longer Works”

Jeff Esty, Vartan Gregorian Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania,  writing in the Hollywood Reporter, makes the case that while Jungle Book can and did shed the racist […]

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EW: Legend of Tarzan and Finding Dory “Neck and Neck” Over 4-Day Weekend

Finally!  EW has come out with a Monday box office report that finally states what’s happening IN THE HEADLINE instead of buried in paragraph four.  Yes — Legend of Tarzan […]

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Comic Book Resources: “Legend of Tarzan, the Saturday Matinee I’ve Been Wanting Forever” (Must Read)

Tbere’s a wonderful, lengthy post by Greg Hatcher and Comic Book Resources that any Edgar Rice Burroughs fan is going to love.  It takes the reader through Hatcher’s first introduction […]

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David Yates Interview — The “Big Arena Experience of Tarzan”

Nice interview of David Yates.

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Legend of Tarzan’s Box Office Result is Upgraded Yet Again to $38.5M thru Sun and $45.5M thru Monday

Deadline is now reporting as of 8:13AM PDT Monday that Tarzan’s Friday-Sunday Box Office Gross reached $38.47M and the Friday-Monday is now projected to reach “$45.5M to $48M”.   This […]

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Screening Report — Legend of Tarzan

I had seen it three times previously — last Friday at the Australians in Film screening, Monday at the premiere, and Tuesday at the ERB Warner Brothers Screening. So this […]

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Legend of Tarzan Gearing Up For UK Release: Skarsgard, Robbie on Good Morning Britain

As the US opening weekend for Legend of Tarzan winds down on the holiday Monday here, the  UK release  is almost upon is and it will be interesting to see how […]

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Full Coverage of Weekend Box Office — All Films

This is a lot of same same — but in the interest of completism, here is full coverage of all the wrapup box office articles that are out there. You […]

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