Pets - Pert & Peculiar!
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
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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- British Pathe Ltd.
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How to cite this record
'Pets - Pert & Peculiar!', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 550, 17 Dec 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332881 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)