The Hare and the Hounds
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
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Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 6
- Summary
- British Pathe synopsis: "In this case, the "hare’s" a "him", and who wouldn’t like a few charming "hounds" like these chasing one across country?" Story about a cross country bicycle paper chase. Man sets off on his bike, scattering paper from his bag as he leaves. A group of girls on bicycles wave him off. L/S of the girls about to set off. M/S of them smiling at the camera. L/S of them setting off. M/S of man getting off his bike and walking under a barbed wire fence. Various shots of the girls in pursuit. The girls jump off their bikes to push them through a ditch. They duck under the barbed wire. The girls pick up their bikes and carry them along a tow path. They jump off their bikes and push them down a hill. The "hare" rides through a river, the "hounds" follow suit. "And after the chase is over - a little "unstiffening" - " One of the girls stands inside the belt of an old fashioned "slimming" machine. Other girls stand in their coats putting on make up.
- Keywords
- Cycling
- Written sources
- The Bioscope 26 February 1930, p32.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.183
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP183 Used for synopsis
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