The Big Cage (1933)
- Directed by
- Kurt Neumann
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a pre-Code circus story starring a famous real-life animal trainer as himself. He works with big cats while dealing with other circus performers and behind-the-scenes drama.
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What happens
The Big Cage is a 1933 American pre-Code circus film starring Clyde Beatty and Anita Page, and featuring Raymond Hatton, Wallace Ford, Andy Devine and Mickey Rooney, with Walter Brennan and Louise Beavers in bit parts. It was originally released by Universal Pictures. The film was the debut of Beatty, whose skills as an animal trainer in circuses had brought him fame since his late teens and made him a national celebrity. As in his three subsequent films, he plays a fictionalized version of himself, also named Clyde Beatty. The film proved to be one of the studio's most popular releases in 1933 and was reissued several times in second-run theaters into the early 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Humanity (1933)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.