LIONS BREAK LOOSE.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1924, Page 2

LIONS BREAK LOOSE.

AtOYIE ACTORS’ ORDEAL. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION ROME, Fob. .1. (Ivor-realist io film acting led to a lioness tearing an actor to pieces during the filming of a scene ill "Quo Yadis.” V group of lion- were released in an arena whore 50 actot. and actress*':- - ere- plsyi-V-S the out ot the Ohii-tiao'.. in olatscatl dress. Suddenly one lioness sprang on to the platform. seized an actor and mangled him. She bit his head right- off. The rest- of the actors and actresses became terror stricken, as the other lions smelling blood, sprang on to the platform. Fortunately the keepers wore handy, and after a desperate struggle, they drove the infuriated beasts off. They killed the lioness that was responsible for the tragedy.

*lO LIONS AMONG 4,000 PEOPLI ROME. Feb. 5.

Forty lions, specially imported front Berlin were utilised in the production of the “Quo A'adis” film. They broke loose amongst no fewer than four thousand actors and supers who were working upon the film. Indescribable confusion followed. Many were injured in their efforts to escape. Great difficulty wtis experienced in driving the lions to their cages, after one of the actors was bitten by a lioness.