Beautiful Beatnik

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

424

Date Released

11 Feb 1963

Date recorded

4 Jan 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

744

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Beautiful Beatnik
2. 2Glass-Making
3. 3Maigret Cafe

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

NoS Summary - A young beatnik, Stephanie Beaumont, is transformed into a beauty at a Mayfair beauty parlour.

Researcher Comments

Title on British Pathe online database reads "Beatnik Beauty".
Commentary: Meet a beatnik girl with a leather jacket and greasy hair - and push her through the doors of a chic Mayfair beauty parlour. A grand transformation scene takes place. Here is Cinderella changed into a shimmering princess.

Keywords

Women; Fashion and costume

Locations

London; England; Mayfair

Written sources

British Pathe online database
Pathe Pictorial Issue Sheets   Used for commentary

Credits:

Commentator

Tim Brinton

Length of story (in feet)

278

Story extras:

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