Shows a girl and her pet cat as they prepare for the school pet show. Parallels girl’s and cat’s actions as they eat and clean up. Shows a girl and her pet cat as they prepare for the school pet show. Parallels girl’s and cat’s actions as they eat and clean up. Ken Smith relates: Helen is a little girl and Kitty is her cat, a full-grown, furry tabby with the patience of a saint. Helen wakes up as the film begins. She is very excited. Today’s the pet show! she cries as she drags a peacefully snoozing Kitty out of a basket and into the maelstrom of her banal world. Kitty and I do many things alike, Helen proclaims. To prove this, the film spends the next several minutes showing a topless Helen rubbing herself with a washrag at the bathroom sink while the camera repeatedly cross-cuts to Kitty, sitting on the toilet, licking herself. This is the way I wash my arms, wash my arms, wash my arms… Helen sings, part of the continuous stream of drivel she spews onto the announce track. Don’t forget those dirty paws! That’s a GOOD kitty! I’m going to be PROUD of you today! Helen – speaks – every – word – very – slowly so that we don’t miss anything, in a voice so cute that it seems likely that the Helen we hear is a lot older than the Helen we see. When I finish my cereal, I have a piece of buttered toast and drink my milk. Of course, I eat more than Kitty. But then, I’m bigger than she is. I guess Key Productions had to fill the dead air somehow. Helen eventually drags Kitty to school and the pet show. We watch as Kitty is uncrated into a sea of mindlessly groping, jelly-stained hands, clutching at her from every direction. It’s plain that the poor cat only wants to get the hell out of there, but Helen will hear nothing of it. I was SO proud when Kitty won the prize! The film ends on an MCU of Helen, smiling gap-toothed into the camera, clutching Kitty tight to her scrawny chest. Kitty, who’s had quite enough, thank you, struggles to break free. This muddy-looking film was shot silent, then dubbed. I don’t think the producers were trying to ape Italian neorealism, but you never know.