Androcles and the Lion (film) a wounded paw. Androcles sees that the cause is a large thorn embedded in its paw, which he draws out while talking baby language to the lion. His wife had fled, and Androcles is next seen in a procession of Christian prisoners on their way to the Colosseum in Rome. They are joined by the fierce convert Ferrovius who subsequently provides much of the comic entertainment in his struggle to keep his nature in check. Love interest is also introduced by the growing attraction of the Captain to the noble-born convert Lavinia. Eventually the party is sent into the arena
The Monkey's Paw (1933 film) of what can be done with the new supersensitive emulsions using very little light." The Monkey's Paw (1933 film) The Monkey's Paw is a 1933 American pre-Code horror film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, based on the story, "The Monkey's Paw" (1902) by W.W. Jacobs. The film was considered lost until pictures from it were posted online in 2016. A contemporary review in "The International Photographer" considered it "greatly handicapped by its unrelenting sombre mood. Even the inevitable happy ending that wags its tale at the end is hardly sufficient to dispel the gloom. The cast is uniformly capable, but