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Show Gordon Scott New 'Tarzan a Real Hunk of Man! ill " ,.y" 'f L -' ft s A I f 'J t . i $ f --- - ;(J ; - A I ' , " i MWif.xwwniiifirilniwriM ri iif ijm Tarzan (Gordon Scott) and his ver-Jaithful chimp, Cheta, as they appear in the newest of the popular Edgar Rice Durrough jungle adventures, "Tarzan and the Lost Safari. The Sol Lesser production, released by M-G-M, is the first Tarzan picture to be filmed in wide screen and color, and teas shot on locations in British East Africa and the Belgian Congo, There's a movie star on the screen with a bust that measures 50 inches, but whether it's a thing of beauty depends on the way you look at it. The star is a male. In fact, a man-male. His bicepg muscle is a little more than a foot and one-half around. Hi waist is 20 inches smaller than his chest. His height is 6-3, his weight 218 pounds. The youngest of nine children, Scott was born in Portland, Oregon. Ore-gon. When he was eighteen, he entered Oregon University, but left after completing one term in physical education to enter the Infantry at Fort Lewis, Washington. Washing-ton. After his discharge, he worked work-ed as a fire fighter, put in a stretch as a cowbov. then his hand with a farm implement company. While on a Las Vegas vacation, his workout in the pool at the Hotel Sahara resulted in his getting a job as life guard at the hotel. His "discovery" and i the "jumping" screen test followed. fol-lowed. He had never before appeared before a movie camera except for a newsreel shot taken at the Sahara Sa-hara pool with Elinor Holm, Olympic swim champion, who, addly enough, herself had appeared appear-ed in a Tarzan picture in 1938 in the role of "Jane." Scott has no particular formula for developing the muscles that have made him the screen's newest Tarzan. Like the well-known well-known Topsy, they just "growed" during years of athletics ranging from swimming to teaching Judo to Army trainees. All Tarzan's antics have been easy for him, except the scream of the bull ape. |