Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose (1915)
- Directed by
- Paul Sablon
- Genre
- comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent comedy from 1915. It features trained tigers and other zoo animals in stunts and gags. The film is now considered lost.
lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedwhimsicalsilent-eraanimal-filledstunt-driven
What happens
Joe Martin Turns 'Em Loose is a two-reel black-and-white silent comedy film released by Universal Pictures on September 15, 1915. It is not found in the Library of Congress' film preservation database and as such, is believed to be a lost film. The film was regarded by contemporary reviewers as a remarkable for its integration of plot, animal performance and stuntwork. The film's animals were the trained tigers of Paul Bourgeois (aka Paul Sablon) paired with the menagerie of the recently established Universal City Zoo, under the leadership of Rex De Rosselli. Bourgeois was the director and scenarist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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