Star Paws
Since the birth of advertising, animals have sold objects. A winsome wide-eyed puppy sitting by a phonograph sold gramophone records. A shaggy dog called
Duke is immemorially associated with a brand of paint. Pretty cats lick their whiskers on our screens just long enough for the advertiser to get his message across. This documentary film looks at a cottage industry-at the homes and owners who supply and train animal celebrities for gala openings, for fetes, television and films. The army of furry friends include Red Rum, who earns more for his owners in retirement than he ever earned as a steeplechaser, Bee, a singing otter, tigers, tea-drinking chimps and pussies galore. Even in death famous animals live on in the caring hands of the taxidermist.
Film cameraman KEVIN ROWLEY Film recordists
BOB ROBERTS , RICHARD KING Film editor ALAN LYGO
Executive producer ROGER MILLS Producer JUDI CONNER