Believe It or Not #1 (1930)

Director:

Murray Roth

Release Date:

May 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Short

Plot:

Robert L. Ripley first shows the very first cartoon of his, published in newspapers 8 years earlier...

Plot Keywords:

Porcupine Fish | Chinese | Shark | Bottle | Bible

Cast

Robert L. Ripley

...

Himself (as Ripley)

Runtime:

9 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Vitaphone

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Vitaphone Production Reel #1005.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Believe It or Not #4 (1930)

Soundtrack:

Hello Baby

First Two in the Series

Believe It or Not #1 (1930)

*** (out of 4)

Robert L. Ripley shows off various strange items from a man with eight inch horns coming out of his head to a woman who can read eight words a second. This is the first I've seen from this Warner series and it was pretty interesting, although Ripley's not the best host a film could have.

Believe It or Not #2 (1930)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Robert L. Ripley gets pulled into court to testify that what he says is actually true. Inside the fake courtroom we hear Ripley questioned about various stories including a man in India who held his hands over his head for ten years and the story of a man eating plant. This second short doesn't work as well as the first since we're not shown too much but instead we're just hearing the stories.