Lions for Sale was an amusing short I saw on the Sergeant York DVD

This short was one of the extras on the Sergeant York DVD. It's in color as we see a narrator making wisecracks through footage of lions in a cage, trainers attempting to feed the cubs, mothers protecting their cubs. I was amused through much of it. There is a musical accompaniment throughout the short. This might have been a series for Warner Bros., maybe similar to the Pete Smith shorts made for M-G-M. Okay, I'm now trying to find things to say to reach the ten lines required to submit this. This was the kind of thing shown before the big feature in various downtown theatres during this time along with a newsreel, a cartoon, and perhaps a comedy short. Anyway, Lions for Sale is worth a look.

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