A Pastime for Eve - Novelty Dolls
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
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Story
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- NoS Summary - unusual doll is made from wire and crêpe paper.
British Pathe synopsis: "Take a little wire, some crêpe paper and paint. Add a little ingenuity, and Eve has one of these grotesquely fascinating dolls, so popular nowadays." C/U of a woman cutting a piece of crêpe paper. She unfolds the paper and rolls it around some wire. She then winds paper around two pieces of wire to make a body. She squeezes some paper into a ball then wraps it in paper. A face is painted on. The head is attached to the body. "Even dolls must have a skirt, though, in this case, it’s crêpe paper." C/U of the skirt being cut out. The fluted edges are folded around a wire. The skirt is then attached to the doll. The doll has a hat and cuffs attached then a piece of mistletoe. The doll is then posed on the back of a chair. - Keywords
- Arts and crafts; Toys and models
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- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.259
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP259
National Film Archive Catalogue
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