The Modeller

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

332

Date Released

12 Oct 1927

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Modeller
2. 2(Untitled record)
3. 3(Untitled record)
4. 4(Untitled record)
5. 5My Hat!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - Mrs Puleston is featured - she has made a large model village.
British Pathe synopsis: "We’ve often heard of the lady to whom men are as clay in her dainty hands. Here’s a lady more accustomed to animals in clay." High angle shot of a model railway. Train pulls into a station. "Once in the village you have time to look round - if you’re careful with your feet - " Various shots of this model village. Man walks with a dog through the garden which houses this tiny village. Two women also look at the miniature houses. "Months of painstaking work have been occupied in building "Goose Green", but as a pastime, it has been well worth the trouble", said Mrs Puleston." M/S of an elderly woman sitting on the porch of a house painting a model house. A man stands at the table sawing a small piece of wood. C/U of Mrs Puleston painting the house. She holds it up to look at it then paints. L/S from high angle of the village. Camera pans across the village green, pond, houses etc. "Farms, houses - everything complete - " Some of the houses have smoke coming out of their chimneys.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   20 October 1927 p51.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.105
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP105 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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