Believe It or Not #12 (1931)
** (out of 4)
Mildly entertaining entry in Robert L. Ripley's long-running series. This time out he takes us to Africa where we're told many bizarre stories including a town made out of tin cans, the Meeting Place of the Dead and perhaps best of all, a jail for nagging wives. The stories this time out aren't as interesting as some of the previous films but there are still a few good ones here. I found the jail for the nagging wives to be the most interesting one. Apparently, in the past they would just have the wife's head cut off but now, for eight cents a day, they throw her in jail. The Meeting Place of the Dead is another interesting one as it was originally where runaway slaves were killed but today it's one of the biggest meeting places in the country. We also get some other minor stories about farmers eating the grasshoppers who eat their plants but these aren't nearly as interesting.
** (out of 4)
Mildly entertaining entry in Robert L. Ripley's long-running series. This time out he takes us to Africa where we're told many bizarre stories including a town made out of tin cans, the Meeting Place of the Dead and perhaps best of all, a jail for nagging wives. The stories this time out aren't as interesting as some of the previous films but there are still a few good ones here. I found the jail for the nagging wives to be the most interesting one. Apparently, in the past they would just have the wife's head cut off but now, for eight cents a day, they throw her in jail. The Meeting Place of the Dead is another interesting one as it was originally where runaway slaves were killed but today it's one of the biggest meeting places in the country. We also get some other minor stories about farmers eating the grasshoppers who eat their plants but these aren't nearly as interesting.
