Call Me Stormy

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Taking a Swim with Jane

Here is the famous underwater nude swimming scene from TARZAN, THE APE MAN, banned by the Hayes commission in 1934 for indecency. It was not restored to the film until the 1990s when Turner Classics bought the film rights. Maureen O’Sullivan, aka “Jane”, (Mia Farrow’s mother) was a good swimmer but not THAT good. She had a body double who, along with Weismuller, was an Olympic swimmer in her own right.

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