The Sick Kitten (1903)

’The Sick Kitten’ is available to buy as part of the BFI 2-disc DVD set ’Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers’ - A century before Rolf Harris and ’Animal Hospital’ audiences had more than their fair share of films about sickly pets, brave dogs and assorted animals in peril. Here, cinema pioneer G. A. Smith’s tale features two under-aged vets and a feline patient. Records do not relate whether or not the kitten survived. ’The Sick Kitten’ is