A Pastime for Eve - Novelty Dolls

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
620
Date Released
20 Apr 1933
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A Pastime for Eve - Novelty Dolls
  2. 2Heave Ho
  3. 3More Bread Please!

Story

Summary
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
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.259
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP259
National Film Archive Catalogue
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