Keeping Away Cold

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

545

Date Released

12 Nov 1931

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 8

Summary

NoS Summary - Two women get painted tattoos - on the shoulder and on the thigh.
British Pathe synopsis: Woman sits at a dressing table. Man in a white coat sits at a small table beside her. Various shots of the man painting a design on the woman’s back. Woman holds up a small mirror to observe the work. C/U of the table of instruments that will be used to tattoo the design on the woman’s back. C/U of the man using tattoo tool. The woman smiles at the camera over her shoulder. C/U of the tattoo - a bird. "Birds, dragons, flowers - all sorts of fancies are indulged in, to keep the chill out of today’s exposed modes!" M/S of the tattooist working on a very large tattoo on a woman’s leg. C/U of the tattoo - a dragon. C/U of the woman with her shoulder bird tattoo.

Keywords

Fashion and costume

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.224
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP224
National Film Archive Catalogue

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