£900-a-week dog star arrives. Original caption reads: 'Asta'
- Made:
- 1938 in Southampton
- maker:
- Keystone Press Agency
£900-a-week dog star arrives. Original caption reads: 'Asta', he rough-haired fox terrier of 'The Thin Man', arrived at Southampton on the Queen Mary last night to assist Gracie Fields in her new film 'Piccadilly Circus'. Asta is here at a salary of £900 a week. His owner, Henry East, ofSsan Fernando Valley, has refused to sell him for £5,000. O.P.S. 'Asta' being interviewed by a woman reporter in his cabin on the Queen Mary. 31 May 1938.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/19892
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- Daily Herald Archive at National Science and Media Museum
