Clyde Beatty marks 25 years as a lion tamer in 1954 in California

Title card: 'Clyde Beatty Lionized on 25th Year' superimposed over lion tamer Clyde Beatty walking around tent on circus grounds; he waves; elephants walk by in background / actress Marian Carr and actor Pat O'Brien, who star with Beatty in movie 'Ring of Fear,' stand on circus grounds; O'Brien wears fedora; both wave at off-camera activity / WS group of clowns and circus performers, male and female, wave at camera; circus tent stands in background / Beatty approaches Carr and O'Brien and shakes hands with both; he holds a safari hat under his left arm / female circus performers ride on elephants' heads, wearing their costumes and feathered headdresses; another woman sits in a howdah on one elephant's back; all wave at camera / clowns and performers clap enthusiastically, then walk away, revealing an anniversary cake and plates and utensils on a table behind them; this cake was sent by author Mickey Spillane to commemorate Beatty's 25th anniversary as a lion tamer; clowns and performers stand behind table as O'Brien and Beatty enter; Beatty cuts cake / Beatty serves Carr a slice of cake as O'Brien and performer look on / 2-shot clowns eat cake; zoom in to one clown's painted mouth, he makes a silly face, as clown puts piece of cake in his mouth / Beatty and Carr eat cake, and Carr feeds O'Brien a piece