Designing Fairies - and making them, too!

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

131

Date Released

6 Dec 1923

Length of issue (in feet)

910

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

Pathe Intertitles - "Not real fairies, girls, but the Pantomime variety, that Father sometimes takes you (and himself) to see - "The first problem is to conjure up the design", said Mr. Clarkson." Three shots
"- And then adjourn to one of the mysterious rooms where Fairies just naturally emanate from -" Two shots
"Besides wings, other things require adjustment -" Two shots
"And all Stage Fairies need those little finishing touches which every mortal lady knows -" Two shots
"Fairy Animals, too, must be made -" Two shots
"And so they come down to earth to bring to the kiddies those little dreams that real Fairies are made of -" Two shots

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Performing arts

Written sources

The Bioscope 6 December 1923, p37.
J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001) p126.
Pathe Eve 131-169 Boxfile Issue sheet

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

230

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