Mrs Porker at Home. (filmed at Shawlands, Lindfield.)"

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

479

Date Released

7 Aug 1930

Length of issue (in feet)

767

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1"Citrus!"
2. 2"Ladies & Gentlemen" of Dogdom. (Filmed at Richmond)
3. 3Change - a Pathécolor Mode
4. 4The Mode and the maid. FIlmed at Thames Riviera.
5. 5Mrs Porker at Home. (filmed at Shawlands, Lindfield.)"
6. 6Half and Half! Some Queer "Shots"

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - A mother pig and her brood.
NoS synopsis: "What is home without a Mother? "Nothing" says Mrs Porker - " M/S of a large pig with many piglets suckling. "There was an old porker who never wore a shoe. She had so many children she didn’t know what to do" M/S of super cute little piglets running around in a field of daisies. "They eat and drink so much, Mother hardly knows them from one week to another." The piglets - much larger now - bother their mother. C/U of mother pig - quite an ugly looking pig! She sticks her tongue out and yawns. "The end of the tale..." Pigs mill around a field.

Keywords

Animals

Locations

England; West Sussex; Lindfield

Footage sources

Pathe

Written sources

British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP312
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile   Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

126

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