Odds & Ends #4

This advertisement for Castle Films’ CLYDE BEATTY’S ANIMAL THRILLS appeared in the November 8, 1943 issue of LIFE magazine. In case you missed the pictorial summary of this film that appeared on Buckles’ Blog a few years ago, it was filmed in the early 1940s at Clyde Beatty’s Zoo in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and consists primarily of footage showing Beatty working his act. For many years, CLYDE BEATTY’S ANIMAL THRILLS was shown in the Ohio public schools during classes on Ohio (past and present) since Clyde Beatty was a famous Ohio son.