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The First and Only Online Fanzine Devoted to the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs Since 1996 ~ 15,000 Web Pages in Archive |
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1. Vernell Coriell Obituary:
Pekin Daily Times
Friday, January 16, 1987Vernell W. Coriell, 68 of 261 Geraldine Dr., Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of Pekin, died Thursday morning, Jan. 15, 1987, at his home.
The Fredericks Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is in charge of arrangements.
Born Sept. 22, 1918, in Pekin, he was the son of Vern and Edna Hooper Coriell. He married Lawrence Dupree June, 1979. She survives at Mount Holly, N.C.
Also surviving are one stepson, Thomas DuPree of Urbana; three stepdaughters, Linday Ballard of Greenville, N.C., Patsy Barrow and Shirly Amburgy, both of Raleigh, N.C.; one stepgranddaughter, Maria Ballard of Greenville, and two stepgrandsons, Lee and Brian Butler, both of Raleigh; and one brother, Earl of Cincinnati; and an uncle and aunt.
One brother and one sister preceded him in death.
Mr. Coriell served in World War II with the 105th Parachute Battalion. He worked as a performer with various circuses and he also originated the House of Grey Stoke club.
Tarzan "The Wonder Horse" was a star of Movies, Circus, and Rodeo. When Ken Maynard bought Tarzan around 1925 for $50 in Newhall, California, he found his perfect co-star. Tarzan received billing in many of Maynard's movies from then on. More on Vern Coriell - Founder of the Burroughs Bibliophiles at: ERBzine 0655
2. Ken Maynard's Wonder Horse, Tarzan
ERB gave western star, Ken Maynard, permission to call his "Wonder Horse," TARZAN,
but became more than a little peeved when one of Maynard's movies was billed:
Carry On, Tarzan.
Ken Maynard's Wonder Horse
TarzanKen named his prize steed Tarzan after the fictional hero of the 'Edgar Rice Burroughs''s novels. This angered Burroughs, who sued Maynard. Ken settled out of court on the condition that his stallion be called Tarzan, The Wonder Horse.
To the delight of Buckaroos, young and old, Tarzan, The Wonder Horse was prominently listed on posters, lobby cards and in comic books for the next 15 years. He often had more screen time than the other co-stars in a Maynard Western. Of course, Tarzan was a better actor than many of them. The Wonder horse was a splendid horse, amazingly intelligent, and clever. The half Arabian and half American Saddle horse was strong and beautiful. Ken had an exceptional rapport with his prize mount. Maynard taught the horse all kinds of tricks that have never been duplicated in the movies.
Tarzan's film career began in earnest with the 1927 production of "Somewhere in Sonora" and lasted until his death in 1940. His last role was in "Lighting Strikes the Range." When Tarzan died, Ken was overwhelmed and his career, already confined to poverty row movies, took a nosedive. Tarzan was buried in a defunct stable in Hollywood Hills. His grave was lost to development, but his star will always shine bright.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Dios PrometheusThis is probably the shortest review that I will ever write. I have seen many incarnations of this character, and while I will be the first to admit that I have not seen the Disney feature, there is no way that it can be any worse than this. There was no originality involved in this project at all, even the songs were incredibly lame and the one thing that made this even more lame was Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" at the beginning of the film which had no relevence to the film at all. On a personal note, it is a shame that the 1976 CBS animated TV series, "Tarzan, Lord of The Jungle" is not available on home video so that the producers of this film could have had some foundation for the making of this film because it contained great animation, storylines and an appreciation for the character that is not seen here.
3. Enchanted Tales: Tarzan of the Apes (1999)
Sony / Clamshell Video
There have been mixed reviews on this animated video. The following is the only one which has been submitted to the www.amazon.com site:
(reproduced here with the permission of Mr. Nickens)An absolutely dreadful abomination of a classic hero.
Reviewer: Enos L. Nickens
capecrusader@rocketmail.com
from Virginia July 19, 19995. Letter to the Editor
4. Tarzan: The Legendary King of the Jungle
A three-tape set featuring
the documentary Investigating Tarzan,
Tarzan the Fearless and Tarzan and the Trappers
All-Story Magazine
FROM THE MAN WHO KNOWS MARS
May, 1913
My Dear Sir:
It has been with feelings of considerable amusement that I have read your various references to me and other writers in your highly interesting "Table-Talk."I am constrained to believe, however, that a continuation of this policy cannot but fail to produce in the minds of magazine readers an entirely erroneous impression, since the natural inference is that writers associate, in terms of equality, with editors.
Pray do not assume from this that I consider myself at all superior -- though I do feel that there are certain ethical proprieties which should, outwardly, be rigidly observed by professional men in so far as their clientele is concerned.
As a matter of fact I am really quite democratic -- I would even go to lunch with a publisher, under certain, more or less obvious conditions.
I was quite sorry not to have been able to see you the last time you called -- I trust that my secretary made my apologies in perfectly good form.
By the bye, before closing I feel that I must speak of a very delicate matter. It is, in fact, no less than my man complains that you sometimes keep him waiting as long as ten minutes when he delivers a manuscript to you before you make out the check.
I do not wish to appear harsh, but I insist that this must occur again -- James's time is very valuable.
As my car has just been announced, I shall have to close, but it is with every assurance of my continued favor that I subscribe myself, sir.
Very respectfully your obedient and humble servant,
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
6. Letter to Blue Book
February 7, 1930Will you tell your artist, if it is not too late, that the red men of Mars are supposed to be an unusually handsome race, as masculine looks are judged by our standards. They should have strong, regular features.
Yours,
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
7. Letter to the Editor
Owosso, Michigan Argus-Press
Special Centennial Edition ~ July, 1936While I did not know James Oliver Curwood personally, I was, of course, familiar with his works and, naturally, like countless thousands of others, I am glad to contribute an expression of my esteem for Owosso's famous son upon the occasion of the city's One Hundred Birthday Anniversary.
An incident which occurred a number of years ago endeared Mr. Curwood to me. It was when my daughter was a little girl and simply devouring Curwood's books. She wrote Mr. Curwood to tell him how much she enjoyed his novels and received a very lovely letter in return, which she still treasures.
With every good wish for the success of Owosso's celebration next July, I am
Very Sincerely Yours,
Edgar Rice Burroughs
JoN Note: The newspaper mistakenly added "Famous Naturalist" after ERB's name.
8. WEB WANDERINGSGREYSTOKE CASTLE 
Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria. CA11 2QA. Tel: 017684 83722, Fax 017684 83072
www.instinct-training.co.uk/ti/pen/greystok.htm
www.greystoke.com/
Greystoke Castle is not open to the public, but is now a venue for corporate hospitality, outdoor management training, and is licensed for civil weddings. The Castle stands in about 6000 acres, which is said to be the largest enclosure in England without a road or right-of-way running through it.
9. CROSSED PATHSHILLMAN WWII GALLERY / HMCS PRINCE ROBERT WEBSITES ERB WWII WAR CORRESPONDENT FRANK BLISARD'S "ALTERNATE HISTORY" NOVEL FEATURING ERB Our WebCosmos has expanded again with a feature of interest to WWII buffs and to those following our ERB in Hawaii War Years Compendium:
The Canadian Anti-Aircraft Cruiser, HMCS Prince Robert left Pearl Harbor a few days before ERB witnessed the Japanese attack in 1941.The ROBERT returned to Pearl in July 1945 at about the same time ERB was returning on the U.S.S. Cahaba, a fleet oiler.
The ROBERT left the Pacific theatre in the Fall of 1945 at about the same time ERB returned to the mainland after suffering a heart attack.
Since my dad, Chief Petty Officer Jerry Hillman, was on the ROBERT at that time, I have created a number of profusely illustrated tribute sites at:
http://www.hillmanweb.com/rcn/
I had just written the above information which for the ERBzine announcement which was to go out the next day when the following e-mail arrived in my mailbox:
10. An ERB Alternate History Novel by Frank X. Blisard
Can anybody there tell me what type of plane ERB rode back to Honolulu from Guam on July 15th, 1945?
Who the pilot(s) was (were)? Who else was on board? What time it landed?
Need the info for a novel I'm writing.Thanks.
Frank X. Blisard
I referred Frank to my ERB LifeLines Website and sent what other info had and then asked him to send some information about himself. Frank obliged with novel excerpts and an interesting blurb which has accompanied some of his published works.
BILL:
THANKS FOR THE PROMPT REPLY! I ENJOY THE ERBZINE EVERY CHANCE I GET. THE "PROJECT" IN QUESTION IS AN "ALTERNATE HISTORY" NOVEL FEATURING ERB HISSELF AS PROTAGONIST.
Issue 280 will feature synopses and excerpts from Frank's exciting new story. Don't miss it.
Those of you who are fans of the Alternate History Genre should
check out the Uchronia websiteUchronia: The Alternate History List is an annotated bibliography of novels, stories, essays and other material involving the "what ifs" of history. Such texts may also be called as alternate histories, alternative histories, allohistories, uchronia, counterfeit worlds, counterfactuals, negative histories, etc. In an alternate history, one or more past events are changed and the subsequent effects on history somehow described.
12. R.I.P. Hymie Lichenstein
Hymie Lichenstein, better known as Harry Monty, the Midget Strongman died on December 28, 1999. He doubled for Johnny Sheffield on vine-swinging sequences in Tarzan Finds a Son!, was a munchkin, and had a 30 year acting and stunt double career on films like Planet of the Apes and Swiss Family Robinson and television shows like Lost in Space and Bewitched. At 95, he was the oldest surviving munchkin. He was born to Polish immigrants in Dallas on April 15, 1904, and was buried there.Submitted by Lord Passmore
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