News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

169

Date Released

28 Aug 1924

Length of issue (in feet)

740

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Stars "Off-Stage": Miss Norah Blaney and Miss Gwen Farrar the Famous Revue Artistes
• 2. Morning in the Park
• 3. Walking the Wire. Just how it’s done - as demonstated by Miss Bird Millman.
• 4. The Adventures of Felix the Cat -: Felix Wakes Up

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Section Title

The Stars "Off-Stage"

Summary

NoS Summary - Norah and Gwen fool around on the golf course.
NoS synopsis: ""Golf’s my game," said Gwen. "Every stroke a perfect lie." (The first one caused a few!)" M/S of Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney on a putting green in front of an ivy covered building. Gwen takes a shot. "Course if you want to risk your camera" C/U of the two of them posing for the camera. Gwen takes Norah’s hat off and Norah makes a shocked face. Gwen has her arm around Norah’s shoulder and they both smile at the camera. Gwen curls her lip. She then realises that she can’t stop her lip from curling and puts her hand up to her face in an attempt to stop it. The two girls laugh. Gwen continues to pull faces. C/U of the two standing very close together seen from the side. Norah puts her finger on the end of Gwen’s nose and pushes it up. Gwen tries to push it down. She then puts her open hand up to the side of her face. "But, let’s go on with the game." said Norah." M/S of them walking through some trees on the golf course. They lark around on the golf course. Gwen tries to put Norah off her stroke. Norah grabs her by the hair and marches her off, putting her behind a net and shoving her with a golf club. She takes a shot. Gwen hams it up pretending to be stuck behind the fence. She pretends to be a monkey! She eventually goes around the side of the fence then runs along the ground like a monkey.

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.285
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP285
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998)   p22.
Pathe Eve 131-169 Boxfile   Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

160

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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Email

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Phone

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