Fighting Father Time - A Beauty Parlour Peep -

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

27 Jul 1922

Length of issue (in feet)

880

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

Pathe Intertitles - "Ceaseless is Madame’s fight against the ravages of Old Man Time, and endless are the wiles of the beauty specialist to help her --" Five shots
""Ah", said the consultant - "What you need is the new special mud treatment." So, of course, mud it had to be --!" One shot
""The first stage Madame, is to towel your hair securely," said the expert -" Two shots
""Then a ground-work of cream" (face-work we though, but we let it pass)." One shot
""Eye protection" -" One shot
"And then the snuff-coloured kemolite - a radio-active mud from the Caroathians - is prepared and applied --" Three shots
"(All this, Adam, to chase a few wrinkles away -! It seemed a black outlook)." One shot
"After the mud-mask has set, like crumbly powder - off it comes -". Two shots
"And Madame has stolen a few more precious years from Old Man Time -" One shot

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile. The number 177/272 is noted by this story on the issue sheet.

Keywords

Fashion and costume

Written sources

Pathe Eve 41-79 Boxfile Issue sheet

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

200

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