Friday, September 16, 2011

Clyde Beatty's Animal Thrills #13

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7 comments:

Jimmy Cole said...

Not sure this scene is from a Clyde Beatty act. Those do not look like Beatty pedestals.

Anonymous said...

vehrrry interesting....and quite possibly correct.

Ole Whitey said...

Right, Jimmy, Castle was not above patching in related footage when he thought it would advance the plot.

Jim A. said...

Could this be film of Roman Proske's tiger act? Pedestals look like the photos in his book.

Jimmy Cole said...

I think those are Roman Proske's tigers???

Eric said...

Castle included some footage of Roman Proske working his tigers in CONEY ISLAND-A NATION'S FUN-LAND released in 1940, so he did have some Proske footage on hand.

Roger Smith said...

Go to YouTube for Coney Island wild animal acts to find the Proske footage. These are his tigers entering. It's less than a minute, but you see him waltzing with his big female, Judith.