3-022-580 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Scene From the Film 'The Compulsory Husband': Monty Banks Holding a Dog That He Has Run Over, 1920s. '...the script writer's [conception of] France was one of expensive cars driven by gay French dogs like Monty Banks, who was Italian by origin anyway. By running over pets, and/or children, the plot was led into the proper channels, with introductions between married couples, setting another kind of turmoil in motion'. From "Time To Remember - Came The Dawn", 1925 (Reel 3); peek at the British Film Industry of the 1920s - clips from great silent films and newsreels.