Danger Unrehearsed

The Clyde Beatty Show! The world's greatest wild animal trainer Clyde Beatty with an exciting adventure from his brilliant career. The circus means thrills, excitement, snarling jungle beasts. The circus means fun for young folks and old, but under the big top you see only a part of the story.

The real drama comes behind the scenes where 500 people live as one family, where Clyde Beatty constantly risks death in the most dangerous act on earth. This master of the big cats has journey to Africa and India, hunting down his beast in their native jungle.

All of this is part of the Clyde Beatty story. It is entitled Danger Unrehearsed. A typical circus crowd is made up of people from all walks of life. Little people and big, old and young, rich and poor, all drawn together by a common bond.

The love of a spectacle combined with excitement and adventure. And yet, few people realize that drama that takes place behind the scenes, or the events leading up to some of the greatest thrills ever witnessed.

Indeed, many of the stories born under the big top sound unbelievable. Especially those which have to do with the jungle performers. The big cats. But they can happen. Ask any animal trainer. In fact, ask the greatest of them all.

Clyde Beatty. Yes, some of the strangest experiences in my career sound like the most exaggerated fictional. For instance, I remember a few years ago when the circus was starting a three-day run in Omaha, Nebraska.

It was a hot July afternoon and almost time for our opening matinee. My wife Harriet and I were walking through the menagerie tent toward my dressing. No, it seems to be killing better this afternoon, guys.