Strong I th’ arm Eve!

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
280
Date Released
14 Oct 1926
Length of issue (in feet)
950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
NoS Summary - Jeanne, 19 yr old French, lifting weights and exercising.
NoS synopsis: "Allow is to introduce "Jeanne", a little French girl who claims to be the strongest of her sex - at ninteen". We see her parking her car, she then applies some face powder using a compact. "Jeanne is a pupil of Cadine, an Olympic Champion of Strength, and the way she throws heavy things about looks ominous for a future husband -". "The 50 kilos bar (over 110-lbs) she manages one-hand -". Jeanne juggles some heavy weights. "How many men could lift this heavy bar - 150 kilos (over 300-lbs)." "And a double-handed lift of 80 kilos - (over 175-lbs)." Jeanne lifts bar bells and weights above her head. "Yet, Jeanne is well-shaped and slender - not like the usual type of strongwoman - her bending exercises keep out Mr. Avoirdupois, she says." She then performs an exercise routine including touching her toes.
Researcher Comments
A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathe boxfile, as is a type-written note about the original story, dated Paris le 22 Septembre 1926. The girl’s full name is Mlle. Jeanne de Vesly.
Keywords
Women; Physical fitness and training
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.32
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP032
Pathe Eve 246-280 Boxfile   Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
170

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How to cite this record

'Strong I th’ arm Eve!', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 280, 14 Oct 1926. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/331529 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)