(The Kerb Step)
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- 5 / 7
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- NoS Summary - Bobby Howes, star of Mr. Cinders, and chorus girls demonstrate road safety.
British Pathe synopsis: Introductory intertitle reads: "The toll of the road goes on - through lack of a moment’s thought! "Then ‘the kerb step’ is the best way to safety first - but don’t do it like this" said Bobby Howes, the famous Star from "Mr. Cinders." M/S of Bobby and a dozen chorus girls in fur collared coats and cloche hats. He shows them a supposedly safe way of stepping off the kerb, then nearly gets run over by a car! "Now girls - like this ‘Shun - feet together." Bobby shows them again. He looks both ways then steps off the kerb. L/S of the group with linked arms walking towards the kerb. "Eyes right - eyes left - then, quick march!" They wait for a car to drive past then walk across in step. "Then the Hippodrome Beauty Chorus thought they’d try it again in Stage style." They all do a little dance on the kerb before stepping off. - Keywords
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- Written sources
- The Bioscope 5 February 1930, p31.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.181
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP181 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998) p122.
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'(The Kerb Step)', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 453, 6 Feb 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332354 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)