Wild Innocence
A film, based on a Cosmopolitan Magazine story by Dorothy Cotterell, is basically a story dealing with civilization's effect and man's cruelty on the Australian outback. It begins with footage of wild…
Wild Innocence
A film, based on a Cosmopolitan Magazine story by Dorothy Cotterell, is basically a story dealing with civilization's effect and man's cruelty on the Australian outback. It begins with footage of wild animals in their own habitat, and then cuts to episodes of circus life, with Chute, the boxing kangaroo being mistreated by its trainer. Chute's original owner comes to his rescue. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> Chut, the kangaroo in this Australian production, deserves for himself whatever honors are accorded to the picture, and supplies a subject for somewhat unusual exploitation. It is a wild life picture of the "Sequoia" type to which the feature is comparable, at least in its natural history sequences. The thin story thread and the human actors, with one exception, do not hold to the standard set by Chute nor to the promise set forth in the initial sequences showing Chute and his wild companions in the bush. Wendy Munro, Australian star who has achieved some measure of world prominence, gives a competent performance though she is hampered by faulty technical production. Excellent photography at the start of the picture depicts the kangaroos and other native Australian animals, including the koala, always fascinating to the public because of its resemblance to the teddy bears of childhood. A young kangaroo is orphaned when its mother is fatally wounded by hunters. The frightened animal, avoiding its natural enemies in the bush and seeking food, is caught by a kindly ranchman and raised as a pet. From this point the plot follows the pattern of boy, girl and cruel circus animal trainer. —Motion Picture Herald
Wild Innocence
Adventure,Drama
Film Details
A film, based on a Cosmopolitan Magazine story by Dorothy Cotterell, is basically a story dealing with civilization's effect and man's cruelty on the Australian outback. It begins with footage of wild animals in their own habitat, and then cuts to episodes of circus life, with Chute, the boxing kangaroo being mistreated by its trainer. Chute's original owner comes to his rescue.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> Chut, the kangaroo in this Australian production, deserves for himself whatever honors are accorded to the picture, and supplies a subject for somewhat unusual exploitation. It is a wild life picture of the "Sequoia" type to which the feature is comparable, at least in its natural history sequences. The thin story thread and the human actors, with one exception, do not hold to the standard set by Chute nor to the promise set forth in the initial sequences showing Chute and his wild companions in the bush.
Wendy Munro, Australian star who has achieved some measure of world prominence, gives a competent performance though she is hampered by faulty technical production. Excellent photography at the start of the picture depicts the kangaroos and other native Australian animals, including the koala, always fascinating to the public because of its resemblance to the teddy bears of childhood. A young kangaroo is orphaned when its mother is fatally wounded by hunters.
The frightened animal, avoiding its natural enemies in the bush and seeking food, is caught by a kindly ranchman and raised as a pet. From this point the plot follows the pattern of boy, girl and cruel circus animal trainer. —Motion Picture Herald.