Quaintities

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
503
Date Released
22 Jan 1931
Length of issue (in feet)
948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Quaintities
  2. 2Eve in Camp - in South Africa
  3. 3The Auto-baby
  4. 4Fur Fare for the Fair (A Pathecolor Mode)
  5. 5Snippets from "Folly Be Wise"
  6. 6Champions All

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
NoS synopsis: "Pets - queer and quaint - the first "Teddy", a little Indian Sloth bear." M/S of a little girl holding a Sloth on a lead. The bear is accompanied by a little dog (possibly a Jack Russell). C/U of the bear nibbling at the grass. "But, the cutest were two little pigmy marmoset monkeys." "Less than six ounces the two!" C/U of little girl holding two glasses which contain tiny monkeys. She kisses the monkeys then tries to get them to kiss each other. C/U of one of the monkeys. The girl turns the glass around so we can see its face. The monkey is taken out of the glass and the girl holds it in her hands. The monkey climbs onto the girl’s shoulder, she smiles.
Keywords
Animals
Footage sources
Pathe   Re-issue
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.204
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP204
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile   Issue sheet
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
93

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British Film Institute (BFI)
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Notes
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Name
British Pathe Ltd
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Notes
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