Rosie Gets Ready (1929)

Rosie the elephant has a bath - all five tonnes of her. C/U of a woman in a bathing suit and hat using a massive file to give the elephant a pedicure. Two other women, also in swimwear, assist. The elephant stands up on her hind legs and the girls give her feet lots of attention. We see this in L/S and there is a large palm tree in the background so presume this is somewhere hot in the States. Rosie and the girls have a game of croquet. The elephant hits the balls with its trunk. Was originally an item in Eve’s Film Review issue number 416. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Par