How to Attract a Husband

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1121A
Date Released
30 Nov 1950
Date submitted
Nov 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: How to Attract a Husband. DESCRIPTION: St Catherine’s Day is an occasion for widespread festivity throughout France. Tributes are paid to the Saint by unmarried girls up to twenty five years old, in the hope that she will bless their efforts to find a husband. SHOTLIST: KS. Group of dancers with "paper" rain falling. Girl climbs ladder to St Catherine statuette. Elevated GV of girls up to 25 years of age parading through streets of Paris. Stopping statuette of St Catherine. Several girls climb ladder & place bouquets of flowers at base of same. Interior - various SCU & CU of hat fashions made from kitchen utensils. Various shots of dancing. "Paper" rain falling on dancers.
Keywords
Customs and traditions
Locations
Paris
Footage sources
France
Card file number
54664
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'How to Attract a Husband', British Movietone News Issue No. 1121A, 30 Nov 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16797 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)