Mona's Movie Life 1931

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(Pathetone main titles.)
Full titles read: "A minute in Mona's movie life. It's a great life these days, being a real movie star - not one of those ten-cents-a-dance kind."

United States of America.

Various shots show Mona, a chimpanzee, in a night-gown and night-cap in a bedroom....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37011
Sort Number:
PT 073
Time in/Out:
01:56:36:00 / 01:57:58:00
Canister:
PT 073
Film ID:
1036.25
Issue Date:
17/08/1931

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