When Cocky Rules The Roost
WHEN the "prop" man gave Mr. Ken Hall "the bird" at Cinesound Studios, Sydney, he didn't realise what ructions his gift would mean to their current film. A necessary "prop" for the household in "Mr. Ched worth Hit* Out," was Percy, a huge white cockatoo, who proved no respecter of persons. He greeted Australia's doyen of film-makers with the pleasantry, "Good day. mug!" He followed up by biting the finger of Cecil Kellaway, who plays the starring role. Kellaway passed off an uncomfortable moment by observing that the cockatoo evidently liked "ham!" The highlight of Percy's first day in pictures was when he shrilly cried during a tense, dramatic moment. '"The lot pf you can go to the devil!" His interjection cost Cinesound a bare £7 for "retakes." Producer-director Ken Hall is now toying with the idea of using lovebirds for domestic pets in future pictures.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 286, 3 December 1938, Page 7 (Supplement)
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