Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey play a couple of broke, hungry vaudevillians who are holed up in a hotel room with a few (tame) lions. They are hired by a movie producer who wishes to send them and their lions to Africa with a great naturalist to make a jungle picture.


So, is it worth a watch? Look, if you are the type of person who digs 1930s slapstick that completely falls off the rails, you might actually like So This Is Africa. If you prefer logic, character arcs, or movies where the plot doesn't just evaporate halfway through, stay far away. It’s the kind of movie that feels lik...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Edward F. Cline

Edward F. Cline
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"So, is it worth a watch? Look, if you are the type of person who digs 1930s slapstick that completely falls off the rails, you might actually like So This Is Africa. If you prefer logic, character arcs, or movies where the plot doesn't just evaporate halfway through, stay far away. It’s the kind of movie that feels like a bunch of jokes were stapled together in the dark. Wheeler and Woolsey are doing their usual fast-talking bit, but the film around them is like a fever dream that nobody bothere..."
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