Little People

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
504
Date Released
29 Jan 1931
Length of issue (in feet)
858
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
NoS Summary - Very small people (dwarfs or midgets) pose for the Pathe camera.
NoS synopsis: "When first we saw them, we thought we’d made a mistake and hit the nursery." M/S of 7 dwarfs or midgets. They wave their hats at the camera. M/S of three of the midgets. Two are men, one woman. Camera pans across the others. "But, no!! They were just little people - grown-up, ages 17 to 50, and none over 3ft in height." The midgets run backwards and forwards across a flat roof. C/U of midget’s feet as he stands between a "normal" man’s feet. Incomplete.
Researcher Comments
A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathe boxfile.
Keywords
Curiosities
Footage sources
Pathe News   Re-issue
Written sources
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No. EP205
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile   Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
61

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
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Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
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Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
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Notes
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How to cite this record

'Little People', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 504, 29 Jan 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332641 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)