The Clarence Cross-Eyed Lion "Film-Noir" An "old Noah's Ark

An "old Noah's Ark

Convinced he's been kidnapped

the actor who makes a delightful specialty of playing motormouthed manipulators and flimflammers (including Hildy Johnson in Broadway's original The Front Page and slick publicity man "Space" Hanlon in Jean Harlow's Bombshell)

A life-and-death medical mystery (one of the girls married a crusading doctor) adds suspense to the sentiment

but what really makes this film is its can-you-believe-it production values: the ball

The Clarence Cross-Eyed Lion "Film-Noir" An "old Noah's ArkThe king of the jungle needs glasses! Set at an African animal center, the all family adventure that inspired the TV series Daktari features a valiant veterinarian (Marshall Thompson), heartless gorilla trappers, narrow escapes, lots of laughs and some of the most endearing animals who ever aced their screen tests. Among the merry menagerie: Doris the chimpanzee, Mary Lou the python, and of course Clarence, a genuinely cross eyed lion who was as lamb