Catching Trouble (1936)

With his faithful Indian sidekick, a so-called nature-lover trees a bobcat, bags rattlesnakes, and ties up two bear cubs. What a man!

Stars:

Ted Husing, Ross Allen

Cast

Cast overview:
Ted Husing	...	Himself, Narrator
Ross Allen	...	Himself

Storyline

This short follows a day of work for an Everglades wildlife trapper catching animals for zoos around America. In this film, his assignment is to go out into the swamp with his Indian assistant and find a bobcat, 2 black bear cubs and six rattlesnakes.

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Plot Keywords:

rattlesnake | bobcat | bear cub | bear | zoo | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 May 1936 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Grantland Rice Sportlight, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

10 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[handing two catpured bear cubs off to a zoo attendant]
Ross Allen: Keep an eye on those two. They've been a lot of trouble.

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Connections

Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Teenage Caveman (1991)

User Reviews

Not very politically correct....

This is a short film that definitely doesn't stand up to the test of time. I'm sure it was pretty exciting when it was first released in 1950. These days, it's seen as a man raping the environment. Ross goes around and catches some animals in the Florida everglades. The narrator's pretty obscenely cheerful as well.