I love how much Joe moves like an actual animal, yet he has so much character and emotion behind those movements as well. Ray Harryhausen did an incredible job.
@@289cobra9 I know, what I refer to is he honed his skill to a higher level of quality. I know O'Brien was among the first stop motion animators and that Ray worked with him on this film. I love the work of both.
Imagine putting the real lion's video over a stop motion video like that, that was some genius technique and must've astonished people back in those days,
The live-action and stop motion footage are integrated seamlessly, even if you can't help but feel sorry for the lion who was undoubtedly harassed and driven crazy by his trainers in order to "act".
@@Chepstowion_Adventura So? A circus lion was natural in the old days since people at the time were scared of wild animals on the loose like this one.
@@Chepstowion_Adventura Kid, I’ve been from one circus to another and there was no sign of animal cruelty, anywhere. So, the animal cruelty in the circus of the 30s was a humbug.
Yeah it's funny that when Joe knocks the cage over and after smashing it open when the lion escapes you can clearly see it as stop motion but when it is running away it's a real lion and man I was laughing throughout a lot of scenes in this movie it was freaking hilarious and after all these years I still can't get over the fact when they made this movie they used the same roar and grunting sound effects for Mighty Joe Young like they did for the original King Kong that came out nearly 12 years earlier as this movie was released in 1945 and the original King Kong was released in 1933.
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (current owner) Turner Entertainment (current owner) RKO Radio Pictures (Distributor) RKO Productions (Presentation) Argosy Pictures (production)
