This film sounds like a turkey and has the makings of one: the mad scientist who will stop at nothing to complete his insane experiment for the "benefit" of Mankind, even if he has to commit a murder or two. The plot is actually quite silly but its redemption is its animal act. No, not the gorilla who is of course a dude in a monkey suit, but the fool who locks himself in a cage with not a lion, not a tiger, not a lion and a tiger, but what must be close to a dozen of them. He has a whip, a chair, and a pistol that is little more than a sound effect.
How these big cats were trained is little short of a marvel, but three quarters of a century on and more, marvel tends to give way to revulsion as the use of wild animals in circus acts has drawn contempt from the public and legislation from governments.
How these big cats were trained is little short of a marvel, but three quarters of a century on and more, marvel tends to give way to revulsion as the use of wild animals in circus acts has drawn contempt from the public and legislation from governments.