News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Daily Sketch Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

586-1

Date Released

16 Nov 1922

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Belgium’s Unknown Warrior
• 2. Where the Armistice Was Signed
• 3. Film Star at Marble Arch
• 4. Film Star at Stolls
• 5. 'Topical’ Triumphs Again

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Norma Talmadge, who has selected a British girl from over 70,000 competitors to become a film star." Close-up of Norma Talmadge posing for the camera in Stoll Film Studios. Turns slowly. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Miss Margaret Leahy, a typical British beauty, whose choice has been universally approved". Two close shots of Margaret Leahy dressed for the camera at the studios. [Section missing?] Norma Talmadge shakes hands with a man and then with Margaret Leahy, to whom she hands a bouquet of flowers. They talk.

Keywords

Performing arts

Footage sources

First National Pictures

Length of story (in feet)

82

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

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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