The Skater

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
496
Date Released
4 Dec 1930
Length of issue (in feet)
775
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
NoS synopsis: "Filmed at the Ice Club, London". "Skates and Skaters of all sorts and sizes." M/S interior of an ice skating rink. Lots of people skate, some hold each other around the waist and skate in a chain. We briefly see a man in a clown or pierrot outfit skating. "It’s bad enough for most of us to keep a perpendicular position on the ice - here’s a couple who go much further. (Albert Enders and Sadie Cambridge)" M/S of the couple ice dancing. She wears a sparkly sequinned outfit - he wears a suit. Their display includes lifts and twirls. "And Sonja Henie herself, the personification of Skill on Skates." M/S of Sonja dancing in the ice. She wears a velvet skating outfit with matching hat. Short shot of the audience watching Sonja from a balcony."Whirls and spins, leaps and bends, - all come alike to those flashing feet". High angle shot of Sonja dancing. She performs figure of eights and other moves. The routine ends with some long spins.
Keywords
Women; Winter sports
Footage sources
Pathe
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.201
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No. EP201
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile   Issue sheet
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
205

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How to cite this record

'The Skater', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 496, 4 Dec 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332595 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)