Camera Interviews -: The Arnaut Brothers The Famous Musical Clowns

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

385

Date Released

24 Oct 1928

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Section Title

Camera Interviews -

Summary

NoS Summary - A camera interview with the Arnaut/Arnot Brothers (musical clowns).
British Pathe synopsis: "Meet Rene and John - as they are - " The Arnaut Brothers walk onto a stage set. One wears a suit and hat, the other a golfing outfit (trousers tucked into fair isle socks) - the latter smokes a pipe. They fool around a bit - comedy business. They then take their jackets off. One tells the other off for smoking, pointing at the camera. They both take a deep breath then blow out their cheeks at the camera. "Now for the paint and on with the Motley." Wearing funny bloomers, the Brothers put white towels around their waists and start powdering their faces. C/U of the two of them putting on special hats and white make up. One smokes as he is making up. "Ladies aren’t the only ones to use powder - but not like this!" They put lots of powder over their make up. One smokes a cigar, blowing smoke in his brother’s face. "We’ve heard of red noses taking years to make - and costing fortunes - but not these - !" The brothers paint red make up on their noses. They fix pom poms to the tops of their heads. They smile at each other. One blows smoke in the other’s face. "Ten minutes and one cigar later - " They are now in full costume. High angle shot of them "backstage" dancing around preparing to go on. L/S of them in the Pathe studio doing a little routine.

Keywords

Performing arts

Written sources

The Bioscope 24 October 1928 p41.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.286
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP286 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998) p6.
National Film Archive Catalogue

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