The Jolly Dutch Girl

Series

Series Name

Around The Town

Issue

Issue No.

105

Date Released

1 Dec 1921

Length of issue (in feet)

750

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1At Home with Gregory Brown, the famous poster artist
2. 2The Jolly Dutch Girl
3. 3H. Grindell-Matthews, inventor of the new speaking and musical film
4. 4Fashions of All Nations
5. 5Sir John Martin-Harvey now appearing in "The Only Way"
6. 6We are all trying to economise these days, even the fair-sex have gone as far as to go without stockings, and now paint their legs instead ...

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

Summary - May Moore Duprez’s baby daughter (Virginia) following in the footsteps of her mother
NoS synopsis: '"The Jolly Dutch Girl" - Little Miss May Moore Duprez, age three, who is already under contract to appear on the stage with her mother.' intertitled with a cartoon of a girl in Dutch national costume on the left. ‘A lesson from mother.' Mrs Moore, dressed in Dutch national costume, dances whilst her seated daughter looks on, with a large teddy bear sat beside her. They are in a garden. The child applauds as her mother turns and dances towards her. ‘Following in mother’s footsteps.' The two, dressed in clogs and matching Dutch costume, stand in front of bushes. The mother kicks her pointed toes and the child copies. They curtsey to each other and bow to the camera. Close up of the mother holding her child and smiling. The girl smiles and cuddles her mother, who makes a face at the camera.

Researcher Comments

NoS - A very similar story appears in Eve No.64 NoS No. 334557.

Keywords

Children; Performing arts

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   8 December 1921, p58.
Viewing Copy - bfi   Used for Synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998)   p70.

Credits:

Production Co.

Around the Town Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

82

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