Believe It or Not #1 (1930) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1930 · 9 mins · English

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Directed by

Murray Roth

Starring

Robert L. Ripley

Ripley opens with his first newspaper cartoon, published years earlier. He then shows oddities, starting with a woman who reads eight words per second, completing a 200‑word passage in 24 seconds. A caller doubts his claim that one can walk through a hole in a cigarette paper, and he proves it on her arrival. Curiosities follow. Vitaphone No. 1005.