Eve at the Fair

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

271

Date Released

12 Aug 1926

Length of issue (in feet)

990

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 8

Summary

NoS Summary - holiday scenes on Margate switchbacks and breath-depriving side-shows.
Pathe Intertitles - "(Filmed at Margate)". "What is it most attracts Eve to the Fairground - the noise, the clamour, or the thrills of the stunts provided for her? (and her partners.)" "And the queer names they find - "The Tumble Bug" they called this one -". "Whether slipping or sliding, cathing or throwing, Eve keeps going -". "And with a little help from Attendants -". "But, rushed, pushed, jostled or jolted, the fair get their share of the fun of the fair -".

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list for this item is present in the Pathe boxfile, on which the location of this film is cited as "Dreamland" at Margate.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

England; Margate

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly 19 August 1926 p70.
J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001) p126.
Pathe Eve 246-280 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

200

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