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Another Novelty for Eve - Bead Butterflies

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
426
Date Released
1 Aug 1929
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Fighting Father Time
  2. 2Water Babies
  3. 3Another Novelty for Eve - Bead Butterflies
  4. 4Snowy Showy Girls
  5. 5How Eve Makes Money

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
British Pathe synopsis: Craft of making butterflies from wire and beads is demonstrated for the cinema-goer. M/S of woman seated at a table showing the camera a spool of wire and collection of beads. C/U of a woman’s hands as she threads beads onto the wire. C/U of the hands to show how each bead is secured by twisting the wires. Two circular beads which represent the antennae of the butterfly are affixed. Various shots show how the wings are made. A brooch pin is fixed to the back. Several bead butterflies are shown to the camera. C/U of a shoe which has a butterfly affixed as a decoration. C/U of a woman who wears a butterfly brooch. C/U of a butterfly used to secure a fabric belt on a dress. C/U of a butterfly used to decorate the back of the hair. Woman turns to face the camera.
Keywords
Arts and crafts; Fashion and costume
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   8 August 1929, p37.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.110
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP110 Used for synopsis
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