News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Daily Sketch Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

575-2

Date Released

4 Sep 1922

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Ebor Handicap
• 2. Man Who Vows to Kill the ‘Kill-Joys’
• 3. Greeko-Turkish War
• 4. The Preston Guilds

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Mr JW Glenister - distinguished American Publisher and arch-enemy of Prohibition, came to London in search of Mr ‘Pussyfoot’ Johnson." Glenister seated at dining table. Gets up and moves towards camera. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "But Mr Johnson had gone ‘Pussyfooting’ to New Zealand". Close shot of Johnson posed for camera. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "So Mr Glenister stayed in London to preach with true Yankee ‘punch’ and ‘pep’ against ‘crime-breeding Prohibition’". CU Glenister performing his speech in an exaggerated manner for the camera. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "'Fanatics in America are manufacturing Bolshevism, Smuggling and Drugism wholesale’". Close shot of Glenister continuing to speak. [5TH SUBTITLE]: "'The working man’s beer has gone! And they are trying to stop his tobacco!'". Continuation of close shot. [6TH SUBTITLE]: "'Now they want to kill the Movies - and every other joy’". Continuation of close shot. [7TH SUBTITLE]: "The Liberty in England is lovely!" Waiter pours out a glass of wine for Glenister, who toasts the camera. [8TH SUBTITLE]: "Beware of Pussyfoot! Beware!". CU Glenister opening wide his mouth and scowling at the camera. [9TH SUBTITLE]: "Still smiling". Close shot of Johnson.

Credits:

Camera

Frank Danvers Yates

Length of story (in feet)

112

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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