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

Narrator: So this is where my boyfriend knows his stuff.

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Connections

Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts Volume 2 (1999)

User Reviews

Well, ya can't help but torture and disembowel defenseless animals, can ya ROSS?

"Catching Trouble" sucks period. It features the cruel Ross who catches animals for zoos with his faithful Indian sidekick, "Ol' Sourpuss" or something like that. Ross adventures around to bring bear cubs, snakes, wild cats, and other animals back to the zoo in ways which would make the Animal Humane Society want to burn every existing copy of this.

I highly recommend watching the MST3k version of this stinker.