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Clyde Beatty Old Time Radio Program
30 minute adventure show Clyde Beatty joined the circus as a cage cleaner as a teen and became famous as a lion tamer and animal trainer. He also became a circus impresario who owned his own show that later merged with the Cole Bros. Circus to form the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus. Beatty became famous for his "fighting act," in which he entered the cage with wild animals with a whip and a pistol strapped to his side. The act was designed to showcase his courage and mastery of the wild beasts, which included lions, tigers, cougars, and hyenas. At the height of his fame, the act featured as many as 40 lions and tigers. There is some indication that Beatty was the first lion tamer to use a chair in his act. Beatty's fame was such that he appeared in films from the 1930s to the 1950s, on television until the 1960s, and the Clyde Beatty Radio Show, syndicated in 1940s and lasted until 1951. This weekly radio program featured adventures loosely based on his real-life exploits. However, the stories were no doubt more fictitious than real, and Beatty actually appeared in name only. In fact, Vic Perrin, not identified as such to the radio audience, impersonated him on the show. His "fighting act" made him the paradigm of a lion tamer for more than a generation. Beatty was once mauled by a lion named Nero. The tamer was in the hospital for ten weeks as a result of the attack. However, he remained undaunted and actually faced Nero down in a cage for the film The Big Cage. It is best to just view these just as good adventure stories, Clyde Beatty was a master showman, and this is radio show proves he's up there with Barnum and Bailey. I'm sure that modern animal experts and environmentalists would be horrified at some of Beatty's tactics.
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Clyde Beatty episode list 46 episodes -------------------------------------------------- 01 The Devil Cat.mp3 02 Crisis on the Set.mp3 03 Danger Unrehearsed.mp3 04 Elephant Stampede.mp3 05 Cage Boy.mp3 06 Man Eater Of Burma.mp3 07 Tiger Escape.mp3 08 The Ju Ju Stones.mp3 09 Beauty and the Beast.mp3 10 Leopard on the Loose.mp3 11 Dangerous Ambition.mp3 12 Contest in Danger.mp3 17 Never Trust a Gilly.mp3 18 Zombie.mp3 19 For Children Only.mp3 20 The Bear.mp3 21 The Princess and the Tigress.mp3 22 Time Out For Trouble.mp3 25 Ghost Cat of Guatamala.mp3 26 The King of Clowns.mp3 27 The Fabulous General Ike.mp3 28 Danger in the Deep.mp3 29 The White Rogue of Siam.mp3 30 The Wild Man of Borneo.mp3 31 The Marvelous Marvins.mp3 32 Jungle Joe.mp3 33 Daniel in the Lion's Den.mp3 34 Kodiak Killer.mp3 35 Amazon Adventure.mp3 36 Brush With Death.mp3 37 Land of the Giants.mp3 38 Death in Stateroom B.mp3 39 The Flying Politos.mp3 40 Bakuiri Bravery.mp3 41 Borano Devil Beast.mp3 42 Canine Courage.mp3 43 Jungle Medico.mp3 44 Lost City.mp3 45 Mystery Island.mp3 46 Mambo's Strange Pet.mp3 47 Oklahoma Hoax.mp3 48 Arabia Nightmare.mp3 49 Hold That Tiger.mp3 50 In Search of a Myth.mp3 51 Adventure to Australia.mp3 52 Tiger Town.mp3
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