Natural Paintings

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

444

Date Released

5 Dec 1929

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Birds’ Boarding House
2. 2(Untitled record)
3. 3The Dancers of the Ring
4. 4Natural Paintings
5. 5Brevities
6. 6Shake!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

British Pathe synopsis: Story about a woman who makes "paintings" from pieces of bark, turf, leaves and earth. L/S of the artist at work. She sits at a table surrounded by the materials she uses. C/U of the baskets of flowers, leaves etc. as she picks something out of one of them. C/U of a piece of her work as she attaches pieces of bark etc. to build up a picture. She is working outside in her garden. C/U of the picture. Another shot of her working. We see a filmed shot of the scene she is making.

Keywords

Women; Arts and crafts

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   5 December 1929, p45.
The Bioscope   4 December 1929, p45.
British Pathe Database 1997   bfi reference 206842A Used for synopsis

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