News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

407

Date Released

23 Mar 1929

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Something for the Youngsters - The Dolls Come to Life
• 2. Sonny Boy
• 3. The Tele Skater Girls
• 4. (Untitled record)
• 5. (Untitled record)
• 6. (Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - Pierrot puppets are made to dance - we see shots of the operators.
British Pathe synopsis: "Marvellous moving miniatures, straight from the Never-Never Land." Two pierrot puppets are moved around a puppet stage. They are bashed into each other and stood up again. One of the puppets is made to play the piano. They do a dance, a butterfly joins in. One of the pierrots tries to catch the butterfly to comic effect. Another butterfly turns up and the puppet goes berserk trying to catch it. A snake then bites the puppet, hanging on to the back of it’s outfit. We then see "The Professor and the Singer" - two other puppets. An elderly male puppet plays the piano. Another puppet sings. "And all the rest of the Little People, galvanised into life by master hands." L/S of the puppet stage with lots of puppets performing. Side view of the stage, camera tilts up to show the operators leaning over the top and pulling the strings. C/U of the operators - strings everywhere. Very low angle looking up towards them. L/S of the puppets - the curtain falls.

Keywords

Performing arts

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   28 March 1929 p53.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.107
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP107 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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