Pets - Pert & Peculiar!

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

550

Date Released

17 Dec 1931

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - unusual pets are shown to the Pathe camera by their female owners.
British Pathe synopsis: "Meet Dodo, the midget Skunk - the latest in pets to match your costume!" M/S of woman holding a skunk up to the camera. "And here’s Charlie - just four months old, but apt to give a little trouble later on. He’s a tiger!" M/S of a young girl sitting with her arms around a young tiger. "Dignity and Impudence again. "Tiger King" weighs 12 stone - "Impudence" 24 ounces!" Shot of a woman with a massive dog and a little one! C/U of the two dogs, one is dwarfed by the other. "And meet the Marmoset - ten ounces of mischief!" Woman holds up a stick upon which a Marmoset climbs. The Marmoset sits on top of her head, she tips her head forwards and it drops into a little bag.

Keywords

Animals

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.227
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP227
National Film Archive Catalogue

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Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

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