And How Ladylike These Lions!

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

740-1

Date Released

29 Oct 1925

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Zena Dare’s Daughter
2. 2A Soldier Still
3. 3Over the Sticks Again
4. 4Is Our ‘Rugger’ Too Rough!
5. 5And What about This Rough and Tumble?
6. 6And How Ladylike These Lions!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "School where ravening monsters become more gentle than some humans!." Scenes at American lion farm. Dozen or so lions rush into cage followed by keeper. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "'Dobbin’". In cage, man with lion on hind legs leaning against him. It gets down, he sits on it and rides towards the camera. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "'Tea for Two’ and ‘Nippy’". Inside cage, two women sit at tea-table. Lion runs in and leaps over table. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "'Sweethearts’". Lion comes up beside woman sitting in cage. [5TH SUBTITLE]: "The Rising Generation". Two lions cubs on a lawn, one biting cloth held by woman. Close-up of her feeding cub with bottle.

Keywords

Animals

Length of story (in feet)

55

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