Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1962)

PUBLICITY TARZAN TO INDIA FOR NEW THRILLS! in Indio in Cinem oScopo and Mttroeolor Muteulor Jot l Mohonay portrait Iht tcrton't Ar*iil Tonon, with tho Prmcett enocted bf the Indian beouty. Simi, and tho Mohoroiah by Murod Still 5075 11 Torion Go*» lo Indio Mo* 2-B HOLLYWOOD'S NEW TARZAN MAKES FAST CHANGE FROM BUCKSKIN TO LOIN CLOTH! Ptlmdom's latent "TaiZAn.” Jock Mahoney. ha* pulled one of Uie fastest "quick -change' stunts In the movie* He has stripped from 30 pounds of buckskin to an eightounce loin cloth ! Mahoney, whom loyal video viewer* recall as the lcad-sllnglng hero of "Yancy Derringer.' recently roamed the Jungles of India aa the legendary Ape Man In Metro-Ooldwyn -Mayer'* "Tarzan Ooes to India," filmed In Cinemascope and Mclrocolor The former veteran *tunt manturned actor Is happy with hi* good fortune In being cast In a lending ns well ns sympathetic movie starring role "For years I fell off buildings, stopped fists with my face 'with a record of four broken noses!' and sprained practically every muscle In my body." Mahoney relates "Then my movie career began to pall when I realized that no stunt man ever walks Into the sunset with the heroine at the end of the picture " Ironically, Mahoneys previous Taraan movie, "Taraan the Magnificent, had him playing the big nasty opposite the then-Tarzan. Gordon Scott "I met an untimely end In that one," he said, "when I was pushed off a cliff In 'Tarr-an Ooes to India,' I get another shove, this time from the top of n huge waterfall— but I survive It." Mahoney, a former World War II Marine Corps fighter pilot, still does his own stunts, even as Tartan. In the new production, filmed in the Jungles of the Indian province of Mysore, he risked his neck In scenes with 300 unpredictable elephants. In a fight with a savage leopard. In n leap from a towering waterfall and in a Jump from an airplane Into a river Hlx one-time teen-age Job os swimming Instructor at tire Los Angeles Athletic Club paid off 20 years later when he was called upon to swim a crocodile-infested river In "Tnrzan Ooes to India." Mahoney s enthusiasm for his Taraan role l* matched by his continuous search for "action." which he claims the movies could use more of these days. "Time was when a good punch and a couple of socks on the Jaw went straight to the heart of elated moviegoers as they wutched the vlllnln get his lumps," he says "Now there's a sort of reluctance about going all-out Maybe It's Just a cycle Once It was the pure belly laugh that won audiences over, then came the flxtlcuffs. then the love story and then the war yams. Now it's psychiatry and social problems " But Mnhonry Is convinced that Tarzan movies will go on forever "Tarzan films have never been mass-produced to the point of boredom." he declares. "Besides, where else con you find such a universal theme of adventure and the escapism from everyday cares and problems we all seek?" Tarzan. os popular a motion picture hero as the screen has ever seen, cocoes up against the most exciting and terrifying moments of his long film career in the all -new "Tarzan Goes to India i Sy Weintraub production for MetroGoldwyn-Mayer release To the thrills found In all the previous Tarzan adventures seen by billions of movie goers over the years, producer Weintraub has added the element of great spectacle. including some vast scenes never before captured for the including more than a hundred stars and Hollywood crewmen. Weintraub invaded the darkest areas of the Jungles of Mysore province In India to capture on film such scenes as the rampaging charge of 300 wild elephants, largest herd In the world today This charge was the more spectacular because It could not be faked m any way, and Weintraub was forced to put his star and the new Taraan. Jock Mahoney, at the very front of the onrushlng This meant the scene hod to be thriller. photOQtophcd in CincmoScopt ond Color entirely on locotiom m Indio. a one-time thing that was right the first tune: It also meant that Weintraub wis?ly had to save It for the last because be didn't dare nsk injury to star Mahoney or the other two featured players who also ride elephants during the charge In the film, the herd of elephants is shut off In a remote and densely Jung led valley across the mouth of which a dam is being built to build a reservoir and modernize the area. This dam. however, will bring extinction to the elephants. A lovely Indian princess sends off a plea to Tarzan in Africa, and thus the 36th movie adventure for the venerable Ape Man was bom Weintraub selected Jock Mahoney. a tall, lanky former Hollywood stunt man and star of the Yancy Derringer" television senes to portray Tarzan. his first time In But a new Tarzan was not enough In addition to the usual jungle thrtlls, Weintraub decided to provide the f .lm with great color and spectacle The elephant stampede was one such scene. Then there was the business of No character In movie history has equalled the fantastic record of the "one and only" Tarzan when It comes to longevity or counting the change at the box Back In the silent era of 1918, an unknown by the name of Elmo Lincoln donned a loin cloth and began swinging from the famous billion persons have flocked to their local Bijous to thrill to the adventures of Tarzan In every nation on earth. Including Russia Metro-Goldwvn-Mayers latest Tarzan. Jock Mahoney, a husky former movie stunt man, will no doubt become tne Idol of an entire new generation of 30 million youngsters with the current release of "Tarzan Goes to India " Many a Hollywood star owes his big break to ‘he venerable Ape Man character. Including Buster Crabbe, Bruce Bennett and Johnny Weissmuller, all of whom were former Olympic swimming champions before donning grease paint Even one "Jane was an Olympic champ . Eleanor Holm Tarzan films have consistently outgrossed all other motion pictures. American or foreign, overseas. In Cairo, Shanghai and Bombay, market rails are shuttered while the population makes a beeline for the It *1 theatre the minute word ge 1 out that Tarzan is coming to town Why all this enduring appeal for a scantily-clad monosyllable char buildlng the dam. The young producer went back to Ancient Egypt and the building of the great Pyramids by slave labor for his inspiration in filming these scenes. The dam. then, was the project of 5000 Indian laborers, painfully pulling the huge stones out of the ground with their bare hands and laboriously hauling them into place at the dam site Another spectacle never before captured on celluloid was the keddah, or elephant roundup, in which the 300 wild elephants were brought into the valley for the filming and subsequent stampede Weintraub and his company succeeded in this despite the fact that even natives of the area did not think it possible The touch of romance could not. this time, be a simple Lady Jane, instead. It became a glamorous Indian princess to whose aid Tarzan is called. To all this. Weintraub added the human touch The mighty Tarzan, king of all the deep jungles of Africa, finds hunself completely out of place in the Indian Jungles It takes a 10-year-old boy to prove the Ape Man s match "Tarzans appeal Is not Just to of people." explains Producer Sy Weintraub, who shipped an entire cast and crew to the jungles of Mysore Province In India to film "Tarzan Goes to India In Cinemascope and color He has universality without geographic limitations Kids from six to sixty Identify themselves with his wholesome, carefree freedom which Is unhampered by the pressures and worries of modern Actor Mahoney has his own ideas on the Ape Man success "Tarzan Is the original superman," he says, "fighting for the rights of the underdog. He's a terror to all villains, be they human or beast He never enters into politics, and rules his Jungle domain with a minimum of spoken words and a few well-pitched yells, hence he's understood by all He represents pure escapist entertainment." in the world why he likes Tarzan and he'll probably give a slightly different answer, such as, "I like him because his love scenes never get mushy." And likely the child's father will add. "Yeah, and he doesn't hove to pay any Income tax!” There lies the success of Tarzan He’s the stuff that dreams are made of And as long as there are people who dream, there will be a This is Jal. the Elephant Boy. who looks on Tarzan as just another encroacher, and who carefully lays a trap and captures the heretofore invulnerable Ape Man There is warmth and not a little comedy as the two become friends and join forces Filmed in India in Its entirely, the newst Tarzan adventure U the first in Cinemascope and Metrocolor It also features encounters with the cobra and savage leopards In the search for a beautiful, dark-haired Indian girl to play the princess. Weintraub placed an advertisement in a Bombay newspaper the Times of Indio, and was swamped by more than 800 applicants Sum. beauteous and dark-eyed daughter of a Brigadier General In the Indian Army, was selected to make her film debut Jal the Elephant Boy mils discovered on the streets of Bombay after more than 100 boys had been rejected for the part, and according to Weintraub. this 10year-old lad almost steals the film from Tarzan Mark Dana and Leo Gordon round out the international cost Dana, a graduate of numerous Broadway and television plays, was previously seen on the screen In "The Big Fisherman," "The Silver Chalice" and "Here Come the Jet s," The brawny Gordon, one of filmdom s most recognizable heavies, has growled his way to stardom In some 63 feature pictures and 200 television shows, os well os on the New York and London stage For Weintraub, the magic name Still 507532 of Tarzan is nothing new He previously produced two highly successful Taraan pictures — "Tartan* Greatest Adventure and Tarzan the Magnificent, and admits he has seen every Tarzan feature ever niAdc In Hollywood The humans connected with the filming were not alone in their stardom Towering over the cast and over the 300 members of the largest elephant herd In the world today was the giant G&Jendra. 67year-old personal riding elephant of the Maharajah of Mysore Gajendra thus gained the distinction of being possibly the only star In history ever to get an action scene in hi* first film right in the first take CAST Torron J«k Mokonc, OHoro Mori Do no Mohoroioh Mured Joi. the EUphont lor Gojendro, King ol th* Elrphonft lutrought' "Tonon Goci to Indio " Pro duced br Sy Womfreub Directed by John Guillermm Screenplay by Robert Hordy Torion Goes to Indio Mot 2 C TARZAN EPICS REMAIN MOST POPULAR OF THEM ALL. WITH TWO BILLION FANS SCENE FROM "TARZAN GOES TO INDIA" TARZANS ELEPHANTS RATE CO-STAR BILLING FYsr film director John Outliermin, every new picture Is an off Ufcrtv him mainly to England and France ai>d. now. finally halfway around the world to Mysore Province for MetroOoldwyn-Mayer's "Taiwan Goes to India starring Jock Mahoney Prior to Ms Tartan venture OulUrrovina forte lay in such comedies with Peter Seller* as ' Never Vet Go" and "Walls of the Terra d ram as as MOM s The Day They Robbed Uve Bsivk of England India of today ts • focal point kermln ft's a combination of cen to India ' ' Oulllermln and Producer Sy Weintraub took * cast and crew of 100 persons to the province of Mysore for the new Tarzan adventure. filmed in Cinemascope Perhaps the most important problem we face tn this picture." say* Oulllermln. “was working with animal* Elephants play a very important part in the plot In fact, you could call them co-star* tn one scene alone, some threehundred of the beasts shook the ivetghbortng countryside as they came stampeding through a narrow pass directly Into the path of Jock Mahoney, who play* Tar Simi, Indian Beauty, Is Tarzan Feminine Lead Tarzans mate, "Jane." Is absent from the newest Taraan adventure drama. "Tarzan Goes to India," but the MetroGoldwyn-Mayer release does have a leading lady In the person of Simi, cast In the role of the Princess Kamam, for whom Jock Mahoney, as the intrepid Ape Man, performs much of his derrlng-do. In the search for a beautiful, dark-haired Indian girl to fill this role. Producer Sy Weintraub placed an advertisement In a Bombay newspaper and was swamped with 800 applicants for the part. In winning the role of the Princess. Slmt. daughter of a Brigadier General in the Indian Army, makes her motion picture debut and fantastic industrial de.rlop on the othrr t think wrVr combined all of these tn Tbran Ooro -In this scene I'm afraid our star had to bow to the wishes of the elephant*, said GulUrnnin -He hi -tailed It out of there In record time’ BRIEF SUmmRRV Tarzan Is back in town! The famous Ape Man. whose legendary Jungle od ventures hove thrilled more than a billion filin' goers since his movie debut bock in 1918. leaves his native Africa for the mysterious jungles of India in Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer * Tartan Goes to India." filmed in Cinemascope and Metrwcolor With Jock Mahoney Marring as the screen * 13th Tarzan. Producer Sy Weintraub and Director John Gulllermln, together with » cast and crew of more than 100 persons, traveled to the Jungles of Mysore Province where tie exciting adventure* of 'Tarzan Goes to India" were filmed on location Costarred are Mark Dana Leo Gordon. Indian actor* Feror Khan Murad, and ten-year-old J»> Elephant Boy. end a sloe-eyed Indian beauty. Stml Highlight* of the new adventure Include Tarzan s leap frocnan airplane Into a river his wrestling with a savage leopard, his riding the lead elephant in a wild charge br JOO angered beasts. **» hl* PERSEVERANCE WON OUT FOR TARZAN” Perseverance won out In the ease of Jock Mahoney, former Hollywood stunt man who stars as the screen* latent Tarzan In Me troGold wyn -Mayer's Tarzan Gors to India." The six-foot, four-inch, 200pound Mahoney first tented for the role of Tarzan back tn 1948 when Johnny Weissmuller tossed in his loin cloth and retired But he lost out to Lex Barker After a career as the fullyclothed "Yancy Derringer" on TV. Mahoney tried for the Tarzan role In Sy Weintraub * production of Tarzan the Magnificent This tune Oordon Scott had the Ape Man role sewed up. but Mahoney was given the part of the nasty menace His patience paid off. however, when Weintraub srlected Mahoney for Tarzan in Tarzan Got* to India.” filmed on location In Mysore Province At long last, the ex-stunt man wound up with a vine of his own’ MUSCULAR EX-STUNT MAN NOW DOES HIS STUNTS AS SCREEN'S NEWEST "TARZAN Meet the "swlnglngest" hero on the movie screen — Tarzan I Ever since those exciting early days of the silent films, then1 have been Tarzans of all shapes, sizes and. after sound came In. vocal ranges — barrel-chested Elmo Lincoln, daredevil Gene Polar, weight-lifter Bruce Bennett, aquatic star* Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller but none of them had os many "lumps' to show for their climb to loin cloth sturdom as Jock Mahoney, who plays the screen's 13th Ape Mon In Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer's "Tar Mahoney. one of fllmdom'x highest paid stunt men until a few years ago. finally got fed up with the broken nose bit and decided that barroom brawls, falls from galloping horses and leaps from high buildings Just had to go walk off Into the sunset with the girl at the end of the picture." says Mahoney, '*> I figured, what the heck. I might as well give tills acting thing a whirl." The six-foot, four-inch. 200pound Mahoney '"Jocko" to hi* friends' actually tested for the Taraan role bock tn 1948, when Johnny Weissmuller tossed tn hts loin cloth and retired But he lost out to Lex Barker, who promptly moved into the famous tree house with "Jane " After a highly successful career as the fully-clothed "Yancy Derringer" of TV fame. Mahoney banged on Producer By Welritraub's door for a role in 'Tarzan the Magnificent" But Gordon ScoW had the Ape Man sewed up at that time, so Mahoney wound up playing the nasty menace "Sy was grateful for the help I gave him during the ihootlng of that film in Africa." relate* Mahoney whose know-how tn the action stuff goes b*ck for years. Hr my* I saved him thousand* of dollars doing my own stunts and he told me he'd always find a place for me in hu next Tarzan picture* But I nrrrr expected to wind up Chicagoborn Jacques OTAahoney is Preneh and Irish with a dash of Cherokee Indian. He Starred in high school football and basketball, was an expert on the and was lecoral to none tn swimming A fling at college ■ UnlTTTslty of Iowa i a* a pre-med student convinced him he was no Dr Kil Toiim Gw* to Indio Still JC7J 57 Motl-A dare, so he drifted to Hollywood with the proverbial five bucks In It wasn't long before Mahoney doubled for Jon Hall. Errol Flynn. Oregory P»*k and for western favorites Charles StarreU and Randolph Scott. In one short span of time he numerable black eye* and chipped molar* when a “fake" punch somehow found Its mark But that * all behind Mahoney as things are now looking up for