The Man of a Thousand Faces

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

275

Date Released

9 Sep 1926

Length of issue (in feet)

1000

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - Mr Huntley Wright famous comedian, in samples of make-up.
NoS synopsis: Title card reads: "A camera interview with Mr Huntley Wright the Comedian". "Many of the older Theatre-goers remember Mr. Wright in "The Geisha" - but very few saw him start his famous "Wun Hi" part in this way -". Mr Wright "makes-up" for the part. This includes a "pigtail" wig. Mr Wright makes some funny faces to camera then is given a bowler hat. ""I’m Mrs. Brown - in "The Country Girl". Do come and have a cup of tea!"" By a magical transformation camera trick we see Mr Wright dressed as a woman. """The Silhouette Cutter" - in "The Lady of the Rose", called for another kind of face -". "And as Lord Tankerdown in "None But the Brave" - a meek inoffensive face -". "With the aid of the butler (Henry Wenman) and a wee drop - his first taste!" The actor performs scenes as "The Silhouette Cutter" in "The Lady of the Rose" and "Lord Tankerdown" in "None But the Brave". "He temporarily eliminates his rival (George de Warfay)".

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list for this story is present in the Pathe boxfile.

Keywords

Performing arts

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly 16 September 1926 p57.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.23
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP023
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998) p281.
Pathe Eve 246-280 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

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Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

180

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