Murders in the Zoo (1933) will be shown on Svengoolie on MeTV on Saturday, 23 April 2016, at 9PM central time.
I haven't seen this one before, but it looks really good, with a great cast.
Wow! You move fast james! I've not only seen this film, but have never even heard of it. Can't wait. Hope it's worth my time to check it out on Svengoolie next week.
shareI haven't seen this either. I'm looking forward to something new from Sven.
shareThanks so much jamesbwill for this movie announcement here .
I guess I'm not the only one here who
hasn't heard of or seen this film yet on Svengoolie .
So it appears that it will be a real treat for all of us here
and to finally watch " a new to us film on Sven "
that wasn't a rerun of a rerun .
Well this definitely calls for popcorn
and other fun movie time treats
with quality beverages as well .
You are most welcome, ms-zanadu.
Gotta have some and when watching Sven on Saturday night!
Gotta have some and when watching Sven on Saturday night!
I will be watching it to see Charlie Ruggles... he was an uncle of a HS friend and I got to meet him once ... nice guy !!!
Thanks for the heads up.
You're welcome, Byrdz. This should be a real good one.
shareThat's really cool Byrdz !
Thanks for sharing your story here with us
that's definitely a wonderful memory there to treasure
always for you as well .
Enjoy the show tonight too !
I will always remember Charles Ruggles playing Daddy Farquahr in a few Beverly Hillbillies episodes.
He was hilarious in that role!
I just finished watching the flick and it was pretty good! Heck, I even gave it an 8. That's a first for me.
Anyway, the reason I'm replying to you, Byrdz, is I was intrigued by your tie to Mr. Ruggles. I've never met anyone famous so it's kinda nice to at least hear about someone that has! I liked the guy in The Parent Trap as well.
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It was fun meeting "Uncle Charlie". He was in New York City taping a Christmas show out in Queens and my friend took me along to see him. He was very funny and a lot like the characters he usually played.
Also got to talk to Claude Rains and Peter Lind Hayes a little bit. Claude Rains had a bad cold and wasn't feeling tiptop but I got to bring him a cup of tea and just sit with him a while as he drank it.
I managed to fall asleep during the movie tonight so I guess I missed the exciting parts ... it was just past my bedtime. Will have to catch another showing.
Thanks for posting. Haven't seen it before, but we're watching it now on Svengoolie. It's nice to have him showing something 'new'.
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Really liked Sven's "Gatorade" joke.
shareYeah, the Gatorade joke was funny (even as the scene itself was grisly,--also, strangely silent, as in no screams--I wonder if some of it was cut). The abrupt manner in which Mrs Gorman was dispatched was truly startling; and feeding frenzy was scary, as we all know that alligators cannot act. They were feeding on something!
Also good on Sven was his early pondering on whether the ocean liner set was the one used in the Marx Brothers Monkey Business a couple of years earlier. Now that impressed me. Why? Because I was thinking the same thing . Top notch art direction from Paramount, atypical of the studio much of the time. Murders In the Zoo is a good looking movie.
Kudos to Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick for making an attractive and credible couple. Scott's authoritativeness impressed me. A great actor, perhaps not, but when giving something different to do he was more than up to it. These two players worked well together.
The main story had echoes of The Island Of Lost Souls in its man and his animals in the Far East aspect, as well as its sadistic main character. I'm not sure which film came out first but they somehow seem to complement one another. Paramount was good with "jungle horror" (later on there was Dr. Cyclops; and many years after, The Naked Jungle).
There were also echoes of The Most Dangerous Game, more broadly, as Atwill, like fellow Brit Leslie Banks, cut a baleful figure of a truly evil human being. There was a lot of jungle mischief on the screen back around that time. At MGM there was Kongo and Red Dust, while in addition to The Most Dangerous Game RKO would soon offer moviegoers King Kong.