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MABEL, MABEL: TIGER TRAINER

By Leslie ZEMECKIS

CINEMA LIBRE INTERNATIONAL - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, World

Historical - Completed 2016

- Year of production
- 2016
- Genres
- Historical, Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
- Duration
- 93 mn
- Director(s)
- Leslie ZEMECKIS
- Producer(s)
- Robert ZEMECKIS
- Synopsis
- Raised in poverty in Kentucky, Mabel Stark joined the circus in 1911 and became the first woman to train tigers, earning the center ring despite being told that women couldn’t work the big cats. In a 57-year career, she headlined shows with Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey, survived multiple maulings and marriages, starred in Hollywood movies, and managed up to 20 cats by forming intimate relationships with each, rather than using the whip. Her life ended tragically just outside of Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, CA, and her legacy and the golden era of the American circus is recounted by former animal trailers, performers and historian Janet Davis, with Mabel’s voice, from her memoir “Hold That Tiger”, provided by Oscar ®-winner Melissa Leo.