Mr. Stork Calls

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

510

Date Released

12 Mar 1931

Length of issue (in feet)

794

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

Pathe Summary - Intimate studies of new arrivals at the zoo.
NoS synopsis: "The other day Mr Stork called on a friend of ours and left these - " C/U of a basket of puppies. C/U of puppy being fed from a tiny babies bottle. Elderly woman wipes puppy’s mouth after he has finished his milk. "Another visit brought these -" Woman holds three puppies up to the camera. M/S of small child surrounded by older puppies. C/U of two sweet puppies. C/U of puppies crowded around a bowl of food. C/U of a toddler holding a puppy. C/U of the dog. "Down in the Zoos, the Stork is always calling - Panther cubs." Two panther cubs have a crowd of people around them. M/S of girl holding one of the cubs. C/U of the two cubs. "And baby tapirs, just like their parents - only prettier." M/S of baby tapir eating leaves from someone’s hand. C/U of one of the parents. M/S of the tapir being fed.

Researcher Comments

The Pathe summary was probably used for lobby card copy.

Keywords

Dogs; Animals

Footage sources

Pathe Re-issue

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.208
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP208
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile Issue sheet

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Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

140

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