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Me Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood
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Me Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood
Ecco
March 2009
On Sale: March 3, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 006164742X
EAN: 9780061647420
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
For the first time, the granddaddy of all hollywood animals
tells his remarkable story, from the golden age of the
silver screen to the lounge chairs of palm springs. cheeta
the chimp, star of the tarzan films, bares all—as only a
primate can. In 1984 Johnny Weissmuller, Hollywood's true Tarzan, passed
away. His coffin was lowered into the ground to the
recorded sounds of his famous jungle call. Maureen
O'Sullivan, his Jane, followed him in 1998. But their co-
star, Cheeta the chimpanzee, the greatest animal actor in
the history of the silver screen, lives on. At seventy-six,
he is by some distance the oldest chimp ever recorded. Now, in his own words, Cheeta finally tells his extra-
ordinary story. Plucked from millions of swinging hopefuls in the jungles
of Liberia, Cheeta became an international screen icon from
the moment of his debut in 1934's Tarzan and His Mate. He
went on to star in a further nine Tarzan pictures and later
in Doctor Dolittle, with the supercilious Rex Harrison,
until finally his battles with substance abuse forced him
into early retirement. But back in the day, this
magnificent star cavorted (and occasionally snorted) with
all the Hollywood greats. We are privileged, indeed, that such a legendary
entertainer should grant us intimate access to the lives of
the most glittering stars. Well aware that no animal has
ever been successfully sued for libel, Cheeta shares
fascinating revelations about a lost Hollywood. Funny,
moving, and searingly honest, this is unques-tionably the
greatest celebrity autobiography of our time.
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