The latest - Fishbone Flowers!

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

585

Date Released

18 Aug 1932

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - Woman demonstrates how to create flowers & ornaments from fishbones.
British Pathe synopsis: "Flowers and ornaments from this kind of gentleman!" C/U of a horrible looking fish. Dissolve into a woman working at a table. She is cleaning and scraping out fishbones. "Watch the "flower" grow." C/U of the woman’s hands as she pieces together a flower shape made from fishbone. "Now a little cement" said Miss Mossam, the originator of this novel art..." C/U of her hands as she sticks the pieces together. "...paint and varnish" C/U of her hands as she paints the flower. "And here you are. C/U of a woman looking at the flower then pinning it to the fur collar of her coat. "Some beautiful specimens..." We see several items trimmed with bone flowers placed on a table. C/U of some of the items, a butterfly brooch is shown to the camera.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.243
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP243
National Film Archive Catalogue

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