Dana Gould Substack, “The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made” — source for Satan’s Harvest 1967 Africa filming; lion-inhabited house; script titled “Lions, Lions & More Lions”; Sherman Oaks home with animals then removal by authorities; 71 lions/26 tigers and other animals by production end; six-month planned schedule vs. five-year actual filming; $3 million planned vs. $17 million actual budget.
BoldEntrance.com, “Tippi Hedren’s Ordeal Filming ‘The Birds’ Climactic Attic Scene” — source for Hedren’s account of the live bird attacks: told mechanical birds would be used, live birds substituted; five days of filming with live seagulls and ravens; birds tied to costume; one bird scratched her near the eye; doctor ordered a week’s rest; Evan Hunter quote (“She wasn’t acting, she was reacting”); Hitchcock’s reported response to her exhaustion.
LookToTheStars.org, “Exclusive: Interview — Tippi Hedren Talks Big Cats and Animal Cruelty” — source for Hedren’s quotes about the Big Cat Public Safety Act: stopping interstate traffic of big cats; public safety issue as primary motivation; descriptions of private ownership situations (lion in basement with children); anti-circus statements.
Humane World for Animals, “Major Win: US Senate Passes Big Cat Public Safety Act” (December 2022) — source for Big Cat Public Safety Act (H.R. 263 / S. 1210): House vote 278-134 July 2022; Senate passage; President Biden signature December 2022; law prohibits keeping big cats as pets and bans cub petting; Sens. Blumenthal and Collins as Senate sponsors; Reps. Quigley and Fitzpatrick as House sponsors.
ReseeMovies.com, “Revisiting Roar (1981)” — source for Hedren quote: “It was such a unique thing to see and we thought, for a movie, let us use the great cats as our stars”; note that production was conducted without necessary legal paperwork; 150 big cats on set description; bankruptcy after film’s commercial failure.