Parrot Story
Series
- Series Name
- Colour Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: Introducing Britain’s strangest pair of company directors - Charles Godsall and Captain Hook. Mr Godsall is a well-known aircraft engineer and his colleague and constant companion Captain Hook is a Brazilian parrot! Admittedly the Captain doesn’t devote a great deal of time to the business, but he enjoys the advantages of home life, motoring, and shares Mr Godsall’s enthusiasm for flying.
- Researcher Comments
- Title on lobby card reads "Captain Hook".
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Birds
- Locations
- London; Chelsea; England
- Written sources
- Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- David De Keyser
- Length of story (in feet)
- 223
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How to cite this record
'Parrot Story', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 122, 29 Apr 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120378 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)