Mrs. Pussy Loves Animals
About Mrs. Pussy Loves Animals
Monsieur and Madame Babylas live in a bourgeois apartment already crowded with animals, some loose and some caged. On a country walk Madame falls for a pig and hauls it home in a cab. Monsieur has had enough. He buys a leopard from a menagerie, turns it loose in the flat, and watches it drive every animal, and then the chase, out into the street. Madame looks on, frightened.
Cast & crew
More about Mrs. Pussy Loves Animals
Alfred Machin directed the short for Pathé Frères, which also distributed it. French Wikipedia treats it as a Belgian film. The Cinémathèque française lists a French release on November 3, 1911, and credits Paul Sablon as cameraman.
Themes
Making
Machin was already known for animal pictures. The gag turns on a real leopard let into a furnished apartment.
Look
Paul Sablon is the cameraman named by the Cinémathèque française. The gags stay inside one apartment until the leopard drives the animals into the street.
Preservation
A print survives. The Cinémathèque française catalogs a 4-minute 35mm element, while other listings give the original length as 9 minutes.
Notes
- The French title is Madame Babylas aime les animaux. Mrs. Pussy Loves Animals is the English-language title.
- Louis Boucot plays Babylas.
- The Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé summary has birds, cats, and monkeys taking over the salon before the pig arrives.
- IMDb notes a U.S. release on a split reel with the documentary Manners and Customs in Malaysia (1911).
- The Cinémathèque française times its listing at 4 minutes; French Wikipedia, IMDb, and the Pathé foundation time the short at 9.
Scenes
- Madame Babylas brings a pig home in a cab.
- Monsieur buys a leopard and releases it in the apartment.
- The leopard chases the other animals out into the street.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-mrs-pussy-loves-animals)
