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- BFI identifier63059
- Date1931 (Release)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisANIMATION. Circus animals on parade and performing, a cat kidnaps a mouse but the mouse is saved. BBFC certificate (9). Cinematograph Films Act registration details (12). "The GAUMONT BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION LTD present PAUL TERRY-TOONS CLOWNING By Frank Moser and Paul Terry Scored and Conducted by PHILIP A SCHEIB Western Electric Sound System" (39). "CONTROLLED THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND BY IDEAL FILMS LTD Educational Pictures Corporation" (55). The animals parade through the town. Four cats sitting on a giraffe play musical instruments (71). A cow in a dress plays a saxaphone (83). A leopard plays a flute, three mice riding on its tail (88). The cow with the saxaphone shrinks in size and her musical instrument grows as the note she plays grows lower in pitch (98). A mouse drives an elephant cart (105). White elephants parade through crowded streets, dancing (128). A tall man walks a small duck on a lead (134). A camel with seven humps carries seven cats (140). On stage, a mouse plays a steam organ powered by a peddling elephant (165). The Ring Master introduces a dancing elephant in a circus ring, a lady jumps from its back and dances (197). Two monkeys introduce a strongman who lifts a set of dumb-bells, a tiny mouse then carries the dumb-bells off-stage and they burst, having been full of air (232). A mouse pushes a cannon onto the stage, the strongman tries to catch a cannonball but is blown up (251). Crowds flood into the circus ground, a dog tries to dig a hole to sneak in, a policeman catches it. The dog eats some soap, foams at the mouth, the policeman runs away and a number of dogs run into the tent (338). An elephant performs a trapeze act then dives into a small pool (384). A mouse in a tutu jumps on performing horses and then dances with another mouse dressed as a clown. A cat from the audience siezes the mouse, drives her away and shuts her in a tower (474). The mouse dressed as a clown follows on horseback, sees the cat chasing the mouse in the tower, and jumps in from the roof. He lands on the cat, and embraces the other mouse (526). The two mice ride off on an elephant wearing a "Just Married" sign (551). "PAUL TERRY-TOON THE END Educational Picture The Spice of the Program An AUDIO-CINEMA INCORPORATED PRESENTATION 2726 MPPDA" (561ft). Note: accompanied by music throughout, with short snatches of dialogue. (Shotlist)
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Title
Clowning (Original)
Category
Fiction