Real Gold Diggers

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
519
Date Released
14 May 1931
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 2A Super Nursery
  2. 3Real Gold Diggers
  3. 4The Putter
  4. 5The Trouser Skirt

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
NoS synopsis: "Plays and books nowadays are full of gold-diggers of the blonde variety, but here are some Florida ladies who are real gold-diggers. They search the sands for missing jewels and ornaments..." M/S of group of girls in swimsuits digging into the sand and panning as if for gold. Closer shots of the girls as they kneel on the ground sifting through the sand. "A little uncertain, perhaps, but a good bonus may come along sometime." C/U of woman sifting sand. The tide comes in and splashes her but she carries on panning. She looks up and smiles at the camera. C/U of the contents of a pan - lots of bits of metal, beads etc.
Keywords
Women; Mining
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.212
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP212
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