LIFE 1939: Movie of the Week: Tarzan Finds a Son.

LIFE 1939: Movie of the Week: Tarzan Finds a Son. Hazards of child-rearing in the jungle are bravely conquered! http://bit.ly/1p8rnol

"One hot summer evening in the year 1912, a struggling young Chicago writer named Edgar Rice Burroughs found himself unable to get to sleep. The result of his insomnia was an idea for a novel, which he later wrote in longhand and called Tarzan of the Apes. After almost every other publisher in the U.S. had refused it, Tarzan of the Apes was finally published by A.C. McClurg & Co. in 1914. It promptly became a best-seller. In the quarter-century since his first appearance, Tarzan has appeared in 19 more novels by Mr. Burroughs, which have been translated into some 57 languages and dialects, and sold a total of 25,000,000 copies. Book sales of Tarzan have, however, accounted for only a small fraction of Tarzan's value to his creator, who has also realized handsomely from Tarzan's appearance on the stage, screen, radio, in magazines and comic strips. Penknives, candy, chewing gum, bread, ice cream cups, jungle costumes and two post offices- Tarzan, Tex., and Tarzana, Calif., home of Author Burroughs - have been named after Tarzan."

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