News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

251

Date Released

25 Mar 1926

Length of issue (in feet)

980

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Here Comes the Bride: Miss Nippon’s Day.
• 2. Petals from "Wildflower" The Musical Play at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London.
• 3. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
• 4. Far From the Madding Crowd. An "Eve" Pathecolor Novelty
• 5. The Krazy Kat. (Not forgetting occasionally Ignatz, the Mouse.) By Bill Nolan.: Bouquets and Brickbats

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - Cherry Kearton’s almost human ape.
Pathe Intertitles - "Mary is nothing if not original -" One shot
"Who, for instance, would think of taking their hat off with their feet?" One shot
"And she’s very particular about her pipe -" One shot
"Mary likes a table to herself." Two shots
"Did we say she was original -?" One shot
"A few lines to a friend -" One shot
"Will you stop your tickling Jean!" One shot
""But, it’s time I went for my stroll," said Mary to Mr. Cherry Kearton, her owner." One shot
""Goodbye!"" One shot

Researcher Comments

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

Keywords

Curiosities; Animals

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   1 April 1926 p32.
J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001)   p127.
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP259
Pathe Eve 246-280 Boxfile   Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

190

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
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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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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