Original Title: Kongen af Pelikanien
Directed by: Valdemar Andersen
This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning!
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: Theatre prompter Pat (Carl Schenstrøm) and make up artist Patachon (Harald Madsen) assist Lola (Elisabeth Frederiksen), an exiled Princess turned stage star, to return to her home of Pelicania.
Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Both Pat and Patachon are enamored of the beautiful Princess Lola and watch her adoringly when she is on stage. The stage doctor, Ove (Gorm Schmidt) is in love with her and is always yelling at Patachon. When Lola returns to her dressing room there is a teeny tiny tabby and white kitten on a chair beside her dressing table.
Lola picks up the kitten and cuddles it.
Patachon prepares to do Lola’s makeup but she asks if they can wait because her eyes are tired. The kitten is now on the dressing table.
Slight Kitty Carnage Warning: Patachon reaches over and picks up the kitten. The kitten has dug its tiny claws into the cloth on the table so he has to pull a little bit to lift the kitten.
Patachon then kisses the kitten and places it in his pocket.
Patachon is concerned about the doctor when he leaves the room and tells the female attendant what he plans to do. Sure enough, when he walks out of the room the doctor is right there to yell at him again.
With the kitten still in his pocket, Patachon walks away then spots the doctor’s hat and coat on a chair. He turns the hat so the opening is up and then places the kitten inside and walks away.
He watches as the woman the doctor was speaking with finds the kitten in his hat.
She then turns the hat over to let some liquid pour out (obviously the kitten peed in the man’s hat). Patachon laughs and says to another girl “De’ va’ katten!” (which we’ve roughly translated as “Cats will be cats!”)
You can view the film in its entirety on the Danish Silent Film site.
Final Mewsings: Always check your hat if a kitten has been sitting in it.
Many thanks to the Danish Silent Film site for letting us know about the adorable kitten in this film!
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