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Motion picture industry--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Tarzan films
Motion picture locations--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
Motion picture industry--Employees
Motion picture actors and actresses--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
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Note Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller seated at the far right. Johnie Sheffield, in robe, standing next to Johnny.
Accompanying note: "[Herpetologist] Ross Allen (left) and Newton Perry on top of jungle cruise boat taking 'Tarzan' crew to location for pictures."
Biographical Note
Newt Perry worked as a performer and promoter for Silver Springs and managed Wakulla Springs before opening Weeki Wachee Springs, famed for its underwater mermaid shows, which Perry designed. He was also instrumental for the filming of MGM's "Tarzan Finds a Son!" (1939), originally titled "Tarzan in Exile", at Silver Springs and "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" (1941) at Wakulla Springs through his friendship with filmmaker Grantland Rice and actor-swimmer Johnny Weissmuller (who played Tarzan). He also influenced Universal Studio's decision to film the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and its two sequels in Florida (including Wakulla and Silver Springs) as well as the hiring of local swimmer Ricou Browning to portray the Creature. Perry spent much of his later life working as a swimming instructor in Ocala.
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Swalm, Tod, d. 1963. Tarzan film crew being brought to location at Silver Springs. 1940 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/322362>, accessed 8 June 2026.
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Swalm, Tod, d. 1963. Tarzan film crew being brought to location at Silver Springs. 1940 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/322362>
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(State Archives of Florida/Swalm)
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