LION RUNS WILD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17010, 7 April 1923, Page 5 (Supplement)

LION RUNS WILD.

. I'll KILT. AT iiOM.YWCOI) i U'LOSV. I ijo Ilx wood. . ton . IS to ! ail knit -oi lhi ills. - time if will no - . I ■ » Wiliam. i* >x production " Shirlev of • the Circus. ’* c.hich is listen for early screening at the Queen's. ! Om- cf the big uc, . all- for a the production, in which one of the Rowland \ ovi deuce I h\

among the hundreds uk set where th>' scene was Haim: made. Leaping frmn his rage the huge beast, apparently Lightened by the crowd, started for the fer.ee enclosing the studio lot. K.veiyone nearby, seeing that the annual was our oi control, rushed outside ilu* enclosure With ouo t-ap. the lion soared over the fence*, and started joining street. Everyone in tin.: locality quickly ran for a place of safety. A woman who saw the animal escape turned in a fire alarm, and within a few minutes after the incident occurred Holly woon the streets, appar than even those witnes-ing the incident. 'the lion finally returned to the studio lot. When lie was again found by hrv trainer be \va> lying p--; ■fidly beside liis ffu'?. visibly eager to be out back have kept him separated from the on. side world. However. t<> make sure that another such incident would not occur, another lion, whose reputation for reliability and harmlessness stood 100 per cent throughout his

career, was ultimately used to make "That lion was wilder than the pro\ j which the fii-it lion stampeded, "ami f certainly was glad when all scenes I completed. 1 "'