Believe It or Not (Second Series) #7

Name: Believe It or Not (Second Series) #7
Genre: Documentary, Short
Released: 1932-03-26
Duration: 8 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Robert L. Ripley

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Documentary Short

Robert Ripley gives a show aboard a luxury liner at sea, starting with drawings discussing the origin of the term "fathom" and Christopher Columbus being banished from America. Film clip hig... Read allRobert Ripley gives a show aboard a luxury liner at sea, starting with drawings discussing the origin of the term "fathom" and Christopher Columbus being banished from America. Film clip highlights include US curiosities such as a leaning lighthouse, a movie theater in a lead min... Read allRobert Ripley gives a show aboard a luxury liner at sea, starting with drawings discussing the origin of the term "fathom" and Christopher Columbus being banished from America. Film clip highlights include US curiosities such as a leaning lighthouse, a movie theater in a lead mine, a corn mosaic of the American flag, a working water pump in downtown Washington, and a ... Read all

Director
- Alfred J. Goulding
Star
- Robert L. Ripley

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Alfred J. Goulding
Star
- Robert L. Ripley

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Trivia
The Bonne Terre mine in Missouri featured in this episode is part of the Southeast Missouri Lead District. This mining area covers about 4,000 square miles and seven counties southwest of Saint Louis, Missouri.

Goofs
Robert L. Ripley introduces footage which he describes as depicting the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem, but the footage (and Ripley's historical description) is actually of the Dome of the Rock.

Quotes
[last lines]
Robert L. Ripley: And now, I hope to see you all again on my return voyage, when I will bring back many more Believe It or Nots.

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Believe It or Not (Second Series) #7 (1932)

** (out of 4)

Middle-ground entry has Ripley boarding a cruise ship where he's asked to present some of his "believe it or not" stories. We start off with a couple drawings where we hear the fate of Columbus and the chains that were buried with him. We also learn the true definition of a "fathom". We then get video footage of a lighthouse in South Carolina that is leaning and then we see a man who has the ability to locate poisonous snakes. Most of the other footage is mildly entertaining but not enough to really make one take notice. For the most part Ripley is very energetic in his delivery of the stories and this here helps keep things moving. Once again I'm really not sure why they needed to come up with these fake stories to put Ripley in certain situations to tell these stories. The cut away footage to those watching here is always rather campy and even worse is that it makes it appear no one is really interesting because of the lack of people who showed up.