Rush for Fame

Series

Series Name

Daily Sketch Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

582-2

Date Released

23 Oct 1922

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rush for Fame
2. 2Lloyd George Resigns: Mr Bonar Law, New Premier
3. 3Gloomy Weather But Brilliant Welcome
4. 4'Fun of the Fair’

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "London Cinema besieged by maidens competing for the honour of being chosen as the New British Film Star by Miss Norma Talmadge through the DAILY SKETCH." Panning shot from high position of entrants on pavement outside cinema in Shaftesbury Avenue. Close shot of entrants walking past camera. Panning shot of standing group. Entrants pass through crowd, looking at camera.

Keywords

Women; Competitions; Newsreels

Credits:

Camera

Frederick Ling Wilson

Length of story (in feet)

52

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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