Tag: tarzan
The Series Project: Tarzan (Part 1)
TweetBy Witney Seibold via CraveOnline.com According to the Internet Movie Database, there have been nearly 80 feature films to star the character of Tarzan. If The Guinness Book of World Records is […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Tarzan of the Apes” Included Among “Books that Shaped America” Exhibit
TweetTurns out Tarzan of the Apes has been included in a Library of Congress Exhibit of the “Books that Shaped America”. WASHINGTON — A new Library of Congress exhibition, “The […]
The Edgar Rice Burroughs Magic — What was it about his writing that was so special?
TweetThere have been recent comments here on JCF about how the adaptation of John Carter was handled by Andrew Stanton, Michael Chabon, and Mark Andrews and as I was writing […]
“Book News Monthly” — 1918 Profile of “The Creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs”
TweetSharing a bit of the fruits of research on John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood — this is a lovely 1918 magazine piece on Edgar Rice Burroughs which contains […]
BBC: Ray Bradbury talks about Edgar Rice Burroughs and John Carter in his final interview
TweetThis is a lovely article from the BBC’s Matt Novak, who interviewed Ray Bradbury in his Los Angeles home close to the end. He asks Bradbury if he was thinking […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. President Jim Sullos and Cathy Willbanks interviewed
TweetFrom TheReelBits.com June 1, 2012 This morning, we were delighted to be invited to be a part of a virtual roundtable to celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of Disney’s John […]
Investors Business Daily: Burroughs Turned Tarzan into Multi-Media Sensation
TweetFrom Investor Business Daily At 35, Edgar Rice Burroughs had a resume full of failure. He flunked the West Point entrance exam and then was booted out of the Army […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs Poignantly Hilarious Bullet Point Outline of his failures
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote “A Princess of Mars” which forms the basis for Disney’s “John Carter”, was famously “selling pencil sharpeners” at the time he wrote this, his first […]
Kellen Lutz and Spencer Locke are the new Tarzan and Jane
TweetFrom Hollywood Reporter The Twilight star and Resident Evil actress will topline what will be a performance-capture 3D adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs jungle story. Kellan Lutz, co-star of […]
Thomas Bertonneau: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Masculine Narrative
TweetAs many of you know, I’ve got my head down writing a book that is now tentatively entitled “Hollywood vs Mars”, about the recent John Carter debacle and what path, […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1930 on “The Purpose of Entertainment Fiction”
TweetI just love this article, and most of the others that Burroughs wrote. His sly self-effacement is, for me, a cover for the fact that he knows he’s one up […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs Trivia Game — Fun!
TweetSomeone on the Facebook John Carter Sequel Group found this Edgar Rice Burroughs Trivia game which is pretty fun stuff. I took the one for A Princess of Mars and […]
An Evening with Danton Burroughs, Keeper of the Flame for Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc
TweetAs an “Army brat” teenager I truly fell in love with the fantastic tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories, which in those days were being reissued on paperback by ACE […]
Just how popular were Edgar Rice Burroughs "John Carter" Novels? Think Harry Potter and then some…..
TweetIn 1945 more than 30,000, 000 copies of his novels in 58 languages and dialects made him the most widely read author on earth. In the July 14 edition of […]
Our Documentary: The Life and Mind of Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetAs some of you know, John Carter Files, while a fan site for sure, happens to be run by a fan whose also an indie film-maker. We have had fun […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs and “The Damphool Species of Narrative”
TweetElsewhere on this site there is a raging argument going on between two otherwise sane and reasonable guys over whether a) Andrew Stanton has silly ideas, b) Edgar Rice Burroughs […]
Just how popular were Edgar Rice Burroughs “John Carter” Novels? Think Harry Potter and then some…..
TweetIn 1945 more than 30,000, 000 copies of his novels in 58 languages and dialects made him the most widely read author on earth. In the July 14 edition of […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ hilarious bullet-point outline of his failures tells much about the author of A Princess of Mars
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote “A Princess of Mars” which forms the basis for Disney’s “John Carter”, was famously “selling pencil sharpeners” at the time he wrote this, his first […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs' hilarious bullet-point outline of his failures tells much about the author of A Princess of Mars
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote “A Princess of Mars” which forms the basis for Disney’s “John Carter”, was famously “selling pencil sharpeners” at the time he wrote this, his first […]
Carl Sagan on the magical Mars of John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetHere’s a wonderful 3 minutes from Carl Sagan on how as a young boy he was mesmerized by the Mars of John Carter, Tars Tarkas, and Dejah Thoris. The reverence […]