CHIMPANZEE'S ESCAPE
With the infinite patience of his kind, "Skippy," the huge chimpanzee, worked for hours side by side with Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen o'Sullivan on the set of "Tarzan Escapes," at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Again and again he was called upon to perform every conceivable act that any self-respecting chimpanzee could do.' At length, during an interlude, "Skippy" dropped from a lofty limb as lightly as a ton of coal dropping down a chute. He darted into the tangle of the jungle set and'disappeared. Immediately there was a scene of consternation' that was not to reach the screen,-, ?
"Skippy" could not be found. Work on the -film was held up. Presently, Johnny Weissmuller wearied of sitting quietly and took a turn around the stage. Far across the littered floor in a distant corner, partly, shielded by a set, he saw four carpenters idling. Then, glancing up to a scaffold, he saw "Skipjly." The""Chimpanzee was carrying planks to the top of the scaffold," while the carpenters enjoyed "their leisure' and his assistance. I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22344, 15 February 1936, Page 12 (Supplement)
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