Chino's Tale

Duration: 16 0:17:06

Genre: Educational

Creator: Churchill Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Miss Mixter and her cat, Chino, age together. The Vet thinks it would be kindness to have Chino "put away", but Miss Mixter is indignant at the idea of discarding the aged. The happy solution to this story is both touching and heart-warming. Reminds us about some of the truths about loneliness, sharing, growing old, love and death., Adapts the short story by Mary Stolz about elderly Mrs. Olive Mixter's cherished life with her pet cat, Chino. Relives the 15 happy years the two shared, beginning with an uncertain union when Olive hesitantly took in the kitten. Relates her outrage when a young veterinarian suggests that Chino's physical problem is due to old age and that he should be "put away." Concludes as they discover Chino's problem to be deafness and, with the use of a hearing aid, the two return home to share his final years.

Complete Record: Miss Mixter and her cat, Chino, age together. The Vet thinks it would be kindness to have Chino "put away", but Miss Mixter is indignant at the idea of discarding the aged. The happy solution to this story is both touching and heart-warming. Reminds us about some of the truths about loneliness, sharing, growing old, love and death., Adapts the short story by Mary Stolz about elderly Mrs. Olive Mixter's cherished life with her pet cat, Chino. Relives the 15 happy years the two have shared, beginning with an uncertain union when Olive hesitantly took in the kitten. Relates her outrage when a young veterinarian suggests that Chino's physical problem is due to old age and that he should be "put away". Concludes as they discover Chino's problem to be deafness and, with the use of a hearing aid, the two return home to share his final years., Based on the book of the same title by Mary Stolz. An elderly woman whose cat is 15 years old is told by the veterinarian that it would be a kindness to have him put to sleep. Her indignation at the idea leads the vet to investigate and he discovers that the cat's problem is that he is deaf., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.