So This Is Africa (1933): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1933, So This Is Africa is a komödie film directed by Edward F. Cline, running about 61 minutes. “Two big dame hunters bring back the low down on Africa SEXploration.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey play a couple of broke, hungry vaudevillians who are holed up in a hotel room with a few (tame) lions. They are hired by a movie producer who wishes to send them and their lions to Africa with a great naturalist, in order to make a jungle picture. An earlier expedition by this same naturalist was a failure, because she is afraid of animals. They all head to Africa and the lions are not mentioned again. Once in the jungle they have to fend off the amorous advances of the naturalist, of a vine-swinging native girl, and of a gorilla. They then run into the fearsome Amazon tribe, made up entirely of nubile females. Eventually they disguise themselves as Amazons to avoid being "loved to death." But these disguises lead to further difficulties when the all-male tribe of Tarzans show up for their annual mating ritual with the Amazons.

Who’s in it. So This Is Africa stars Robert Woolsey as Alexander, Bert Wheeler as Wilbur, Raquel Torres as Leader of Amazon Women and Esther Muir as Mrs. Johnson-Martini, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.7/10, So This Is Africa has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch So This Is Africa page.

If you liked it. Fans of So This Is Africa tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Das Leben ist schön and Fight Club.