To Pluck or not to pluck

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

596

Date Released

3 Nov 1932

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

NoS Summary - Whether to have your eyebrows plucked or leave them wild!
British Pathe synopsis: "That is the question still agitating Eve when she thinks about eyebrows - " C/U of a woman with a towel around her head lying back in a chair having her eyebrows plucked at a beauty parlour. "Some folk pluck in haste and repent at leisure - but in many cases the mode is attractive." L/S of a woman against a white background who is smoking a cigarette in a cigarette holder. C/U as she lights her cigarette. C/U of another woman arranging flowers. "On the other hand a friend of ours says she’ll never try the mode" C/U of an ape drinking from a tap - various shots.

Keywords

Fashion and costume

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.248
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP248
National Film Archive Catalogue

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