Sea Shells Artist

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

168

Date Released

17 Mar 1958

Date recorded

14 Feb 1958

Length of issue (in feet)

758

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Boot Inn
2. 2Sea Shells Artist
3. 3Lighthouse Story

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: You have a garden with so much sand in it that you cannot grow flowers; salt-water spray kills even the hardiest plant - what is a gardener to do? The answer is supplied by Mr Edwin Sutton, an ex-landscape gardener turned beach warden. He collects hundreds of various sea shells, prepares a slab of rock with wet cement on one side, arranges the shells in flower formation, paints them and then "plants" them. His garden is a riot of colour the whole year round.

Researcher Comments

Title on lobby card reads "Sea Shell Artist".

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Locations

England; Sussex

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

156

Story extras:

Film clip

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