Cameos for Eve

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

190

Date Released

22 Jan 1925

Length of issue (in feet)

940

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

Pathe Intertitles - "Nobody knows when or where cameos first originated, but we went to the old Italian town of Torre del Greco, to find out how they are made -"
"Years of training are needed to make good Cameo cutters. The commoner ones are made from sea shells -"
"A disc, but from the shell, is cemented on to a temporary holder -"
"Only a Cameo cutter knows how hard a sea-shell really is -"
"Before the Three Graces can grace some other Grace, the flat portion has to be coloured and polished -"
"And as for the rest -"

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Fashion and costume

Locations

Italy

Written sources

J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001) p126.
Pathe Eve 170-210 Boxfile Issue sheet

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

220

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