'Potted Sunshine’ Pierces London’s Night

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

536

Date Released

1 Dec 1921

Stories in this Issue:

1. *340 Starters in North London Cross Country Run at Hendon
2. *Lovely Lingfield
3. *Miss Joan Mclean to Be the Children’s Joy as ‘Peter Pan’ This Christmas Time
4. *'Potted Sunshine’ Pierces London’s Night
5. *'Who Said Xmas?'

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "'Topical’s’ great discovery of ‘Potted Sunshine’ has enabled us to probe secrets of London’s Night Life never revealed to the film before. "Members of the Russian Ballet leaving the Alhambra". "The Midnight Follies say ‘Good-Morning’". "The Night Club disgorges". "Fleet Street never sleeps. Rushing papers out at 2 AM". "The Pavement Ritz". "How the pictures were taken". "Covent Garden in the small hours"." Scenes in London filmed by ‘potted sunshine’.

Keywords

Buildings and structures

Length of story (in feet)

62

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