Another treasure from the Warner Archives Collection, you can now own 24 theatrical, Vitaphone shorts of Ripley's Believe It or Not as they originally aired.
These amazing little features showcase Ripley himself in a variety of skit-like excuses to deliver his unbelievable factoids. Sometimes with fabulous guest stars, and always featuring his artistic abilities, each of these run about ten minutes and cover a wife variety of topics. The subjects even make personal appearances is some instances, including some fancy special effects, as when a boy comes to life out of Ripley's sketch.
Not only wonderful entertainment in their own right, these are also a piece of history.
Welcome to the Believe It or Not Hall of Curiosity. Here you’ll find a woman reciting 200+ words in 24 seconds, the world’s smallest book (a 5/16” x 1/8” tome of the Rubaiyat), a 6-year-old lifting 200 pounds, a man-eating tree, a duck teaching chickens to swim, a two-headed turtle, a man with a suit made of Confederate currency and much, much more. You may not believe all you see. But you will be entertained. A little more than a decade after Robert L. Ripley put pen to paper and captured the imaginations of readers everywhere, he brought his knack for finding the unusual to moviehouses with these 24 Theatrical Shorts that are part travelogue, part human interest, part history, part fanciful, all Ripley – believe it or not!
Own it on DVD today!
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