Movies: Robert L. Ripley
- 1932
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #6 (1932)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #62.81932HD
Robert Ripley draws and shows movies to train passengers....
- 1930
Believe It or Not #3 (1930)
Believe It or Not #30.31930HD
Reporters interview Ripley about his world travels....
- 1932
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #9 (1932)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #92.81932HD
In this short film, Robert L. Ripley introduces narrator Leo Donnelly who presents various "Believe It or Not" oddities from around the world as gathered by Ripley. Segments include a NYC clothier that caters to very large men and circus elephant gro...
- 1932
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #8 (1932)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #82.81932HD
Robert Ripley presents a well-dressed cocktail party an assortment of drawings and film clips showing the world's youngest parents and the largest bible. Vitaphone No. 1362....
- 1931
Believe It or Not #9 (1931)
Believe It or Not #92.81931HD
Robert L. Ripley presents various oddities to members of the Believe-It-or-Not Club....
- 1932
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #10 (1932)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #102.81932HD
This omnibus of film clips include a Savanna golf course made from Civil War trenches, wooden Indians used ourside cigar stores, an American Indian artist from South Dakota who paints upside down, the smallest residence house, a Bronx River statue wi...
- 1932
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #11 (1932)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #112.31932HD
This entry of the series does not feature Robert Ripley, who is away gathering material on his tours. Leo Donnelly narrates various odds and ends like a church service held on a river in boats, one of the largest sculptures in the world, sand art in ...
- 1931
Believe It or Not #11 (1931)
Believe It or Not #110.31931HD
In this entry, passengers enter a mockup of an airplane. During the flight, Robert Ripley shows the "passengers" several oddities across the United States. They include the town with the smallest population (of one) in the 1930 census, a father and s...
- 1932
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #7 (1932)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #72.81932HD
Robert Ripley gives a show aboard a luxury liner at sea, starting with drawings discussing the origin of the "fathom" and Christopher Columbus being banished from America....
- 1931
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #1 (1931)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #13.31931HD
This first entry in the "Believe It Or Not" series of shorts visits northern Africa. Included are a look at the Tuareg people of the Sahara Desert, a waterfall whose under-surface builds up because of lime deposits, a clock that strikes 13, and the T...
- 1930
Believe It or Not #2 (1930)
Believe It or Not #20.31930HD
The second entry in the Believe It or Not series of shorts begins with Robert Ripley in his office sorting his mail. At the time he received about one million pieces of mail per year, more than any other individual. He shows the audience several of t...
- 1932
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #12 (1932)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #122.81932HD
In Robert L. Ripley's absence, Leo Donnelly acts as the guide to the unusual from around the world. A group of people in the Philippines are moving a house, foundation and all, six miles, by carrying it on their backs. A one-armed boat builder demons...
- 1931
Believe It or Not #10 (1931)
Believe It or Not #100.31931HD
This entry in the Believe It or Not series finds Mr. Ripley aboard a U.S. naval ship speaking to a group of sailors. The film he shows them includes items on a Mr. Curt Thompson, a blind telephone operator, and John R. Voorhees, who, at age 102, has ...
- 1931
Believe It or Not #7 (1931)
Believe It or Not #70.31931HD
Another entry in Robert L. Ripley's series. This time we also get to see Dan Edwards, the most decorated U.S. Veteran who is also missing a hand. For some reason we are introduced to another man missing a hand and then Ripley gets into the "believe i...
- 1940
Acquitted by the Sea (1940)
Acquitted by the Sea0.31940HD
A Ripley's Believe It or Not short film, it tells the story of a man wrongly imprisoned who goes abroad to find his fortune and ends up getting sent back home on the Titanic....
- 1932
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #5 (1932)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #52.81932HD
Robert Ripley shows a pretty blond a shrunken head and an iron execution chamber....
- 1931
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #3 (1931)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #32.81931HD
This entry in the series criss-crosses America to find various curiosities. Among them are a church in Nebraska made of bales of hay; a duck with four legs that lives with its owner in Flint, Michigan; a 128-year-old former slave who lives in Holly S...
- 1930
Believe It or Not #1 (1930)
Believe It or Not #10.31930HD
Robert L. Ripley first shows the very first cartoon of his, published in newspapers 8 years earlier. He then proceeds with various oddities, first introducing a woman who can read aloud 8 words a second. He demonstrates this by giving her a 200-word ...
- 1930
Believe It or Not #5 (1930)
Believe It or Not #52.81930HD
At a charity bazaar, Ripley settles a thousand dollar bet by producing man who has not slept in 75 years....
- 1931
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #2 (1931)
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #22.81931HD
Ripley shows an aged Japanese statesman, a strange fish with legs, the 'Rubaiyat' in a finger ring, how a house of cards is torn up, and a giant typewriter in Atlantic City, New Jersey....