Silhouettes - Why’s and Otherwise

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

345

Date Released

12 Jan 1928

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Summary

NoS Summary - Animation which tells little stories by means of silhouettes.
British Pathe synopsis: Animation using silhouettes to tell little stories and jokes. Intertitle with animation of woman walking along followed by a station porter pushing a trolley loaded with suitcases. Text reads: "Miss Welldressed going on her summer holidays. What she took - " Then an intertitle with silhouette of woman in a bathing suit with the text "- and what she wore!" "What is this?" A man puts a dress over a woman’s head then puts a hat on her head. He then kneels down beside her. The silhouette changes to show the audience that it is in fact a shop assistant dressing a dummy in a shop window. "What does this shape represent?" asks an intertitle. "Can it possibly be - Travelling in comfort?" A nondescript black blob changes to reveal a crush of people - trying to board an already crowded underground train. "Or travelling by road?" The same black shape turns into the front of a car with lots of people crammed into the back. "Or perhaps it is Friday night!" - the shape turns into a bath full of suds, the bubbles gradually burst revealing a woman looking very shocked to be seen in the nude. "It must be Friday morning" - a crowd of women attempt to get into a sale at a clothing store - it is a big crush.

Keywords

Animation

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.102
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP102 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: British Film Institute (BFI)
Email: For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web: http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone: 020 7255 1444
Fax: 020 7580 7503
Address: 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes: The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held: View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)

Name: British Pathe Ltd
Email: info@britishpathe.com
Web: https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone: 0207 665 8340
Address: 3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes: Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held: View all series held by British Pathe Ltd

Record Stats