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SCREENLAND
Hollywood
Want to know the real truth about what film fame does to such he-men as Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe? Read this EXCLUSIVE story!
By
Ben Maddox
To me it was Greek meeting Greek. Both had Been Around and each was used to being the pampered half in high-pressure love affairs.
Seeing the tall, mighty Johnny and his peppery little "Loop" cavorting madly about town, one is inclined to burst into song. Take that old Bowery tune and begin: "Johnny and Lupe are lovers — oh, boy, say how they do love!" (Sotto voce: and scrap!)
Is Larry "Buster" Crabbe glad he went movie? You'll read the answer in this rather sensational story, first of its kind.
Above, Buster with Frances Dee in his first film, "King of the Jungle," in which Crabbe followed Weissmuller to screen success.
THROW two body-beautiful athletes into the Hollywood whirlpool, and what's your outcome? Sheer luck whisked Johnny (still Lupe s) Weissmuller out of his natty swimming trunks and into a chic leopard loin-cloth. His torso triumphant developed painlessly in the process of setting fifty international aquatic records, clicked so elegantly with the -ood public that a rival studio spotted Larry Bustei Crabbe. And lo, we had a Number 2 king m the iun°"lcs !
Now, ranked as actors rather than champion swimmers, are the boys glad they went movie ? Has exposure to the cinema and its folk spoiled these he-men ?
Johnny has a flair for the spectacular, so you probably are most curious as to whether the Weissmullers are going to stay together. Far be it from me to risk my reputation by making a prophecy, but at the moment they do seem satisfied with each other's company. _
When Tohnnv met Lupe it might have been AustrianDutch facing Mexican, according to the genealogists.
Meet Mr. and Mrs. Larry "Buster" Crabbe! Before Buster went into Rims they would neve, have consented to pose for such an unconventional picture. It's different now!