thecircusblog | March 9, 2009
This man was my childhood hero. At home in El Monte, Calif. there was a movie theater called the Tumbleweed not to far away from our house. All the kids in the neighborhood would go to the Saturday matinee. There was always a cowboy or a Tarzan movie and the price was right….25 cents. When Dad went to the compound […]
thecircusblog | February 19, 2009
Henry Tyndall was at the World Jungle Compound for years. He was their head chimp trainer. This picture was taken on location, a Tarzan movie starring Johnny Weissmuller. The name of the movie was ” Jungle Man Eaters.” The chimp in this picture was “Tamba”. Henry was known for his extraordinary ability to work and […]
thecircusblog | December 4, 2008
Ivan M. Henry….In 1959 at Jungleland, Thousand Oaks, CA, some studio people were interested in doing a television series called “Young Tarzan”. This is one of the photos left from the photo shoot.
