Doggerel!
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: Filmed at Olympia, London. "It takes all sorts of doggies to fill this world - and the Ladies’ Kennel Show gives them all a chance." High angle shot of the dog show. Dissolve into a shot of some dogs being shown - their owners walk them in a circle. "A before-the-judging essential - a little grooming - " M/S of two women combing the hair of two white dogs with large brushes. Dissolve into C/U of woman kissing a large St Bernard. M/S of kennel maid standing with three large white dogs. She grooms the dogs. M/S of woman sitting with large fluffy white dog. "Lucky dog!" reads an intertitle before a shot of a large dog sitting on a woman’s lap. M/S of a woman standing with a very large dog - a Great Dane perhaps. "And would you believe it, dear, the Judge missed him..." intertitle precedes shot of three elderly women with their dogs on their laps. Dissolve into shot of judging session for Pekinese dogs. "Proud owners of prouder canines - some dignified and some impudent!" Various shots of dogs being judged, including Old English Sheepdogs. C/U of large dog lying in a pen. M/S of Saluki. M/S of woman holding four dogs on leads. C/U of four strange model dogs. C/U of each of the strange dogs in turn. C/U of a poodle looking at his toy counterpart. C/U of a little girl sitting with a Bulldog.
- Keywords
- Dogs; Exhibitions and shows
- Locations
- London; Olympia; England
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.213
British Pathe Database 1997 Refernce No.EP213
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How to cite this record
'Doggerel!', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 522, 4 Jun 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332739 (Accessed 26 Jul 2025)