
From Tarzan's canine writer to Chinatown's master: How Robert Towne shaped a writer's pipe dream
In 1984, when major changes were made to the screenplay of his magnum opus, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Robert Towne took his name off the title page and put the name of his beloved Hungarian sheepdog PH Vazak on it. Forty years on, …