Speed Eves

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

508

Date Released

26 Feb 1931

Length of issue (in feet)

691

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

NoS synopsis: "It takes more than a delicate hand to do this - it needs speed." M/S of a woman dressed in a clown or Pierrot costume. She does a nifty move picking up hats from the ground with her foot and flicking them onto her head. "So does this -". She then does a juggling routine with the hats, putting each on as they go past. She then juggles with two balls and a baton. We see her routine from the side. "And so does this -". As a contrast we see a woman demonstrating self-defence techniques. A man grabs her around the neck and she throws him over her shoulder onto the ground. She then puts her hands in her pockets. "The quickness of the hands (and feet) deceives - the other fellow." She walks along and the man grabs her again. She rolls over backwards and throws him over her head. She brushes her hands together as if congratulating herself on a job well done. "Even this speedy Eve, however, couldn’t pass our slow camera!" We see the woman perform her evasive tactics in slow motion. She grapples with the man and then puts her foot on his crotch and throws him over her head. She stands up.

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathe boxfile.

Keywords

Women; Performing arts

Footage sources

Pathe Re-issue

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.207
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP207
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile Issue sheet

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

138

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