High Speed Cookery

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

510

Date Released

12 Mar 1931

Length of issue (in feet)

794

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Girls from Canada
2. 2Mr. Stork Calls
3. 3High Speed Cookery
4. 4The Canoe Girls of Ngaruawahia (ahem!)
5. 5Old and New - a Photographic Cameo
6. 6Dainty Neck Adornments from Paris (in Pathecolor)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - Making ice cream wafers - the various processes involved.
NoS synopsis: "Wafers moulded while you wait - " C/U of batter being poured into a vat. Portions of batter are pulled out with a special device. "Here a pat, there a pat, Everywhere a pit-pat." M/S of girls at work operating devices similar to waffle irons. C/U of the devices. Wafer mixture is put onto a hot plate and a metal lid is brought down. The machine then turns, edges are scraped off with a knife and the device opened to reveal a batch of wafers. C/U of the thin layer being lifted from the press. It is held up to the camera. Another lot of batter is put into the machine. "That sweet centre has to evolve - (mixed sugar and burnt almonds in this case). C/U of a mixing bowl with a revolving mixing device inside it. M/S of a piece of machinery which spews out some chocolate cream substance. "Who said Eve wouldn’t make a good Plasterer - ?" C/U of a woman standing in front of a large pile of wafers, she spreads the chocolate paste over sheets of wafers. As she finishes each layer she places two more on top. High angle shot of woman places wafers in a mould then through two cutting devices. "One - one - two." The wafers are thus cut into small fingers. C/U of woman packing wafers into small boxes. C/U of a woman eating one of the wafer in a boudoir setting. She holds a saucer with a little silver bowl upon it.

Researcher Comments

The Pathe summary was probably used as lobby card copy.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Industry and manufacture

Footage sources

Pathe Consortium Cinema   Re-issue

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.208
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No. EP208
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile   Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

141

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