Clever and Quaint

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
512
Date Released
26 Mar 1931
Length of issue (in feet)
840
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
NoS synopsis: "Not even floods can stop some Eves from motorcycling - especially when they have this novel sidecar canoe." M/S of two women driving away from the camera in a strange motorcycle and sidecar contraption. The vehicle is driven through some floods. M/S of the method of transport at a standstill. Woman gets out of the canoe and the two unstrap it from the side of the motorcycle. "When the water gets too deep or a river interferes, just unhitch your sidecar and canoe it!" The canoe is pushed into the water and the two women row off. Floodwater surrounds many houses. "For quaintness this tame parrot would need some beating - as a pal." Man in a suit walks along a city street with his pet parrot walking along beside him. ‘When it wants a rise in the world...' The man walks along with the parrot perched on his head. C/U of the man and his parrot. "A real, but unusual pet!" The parrot sits inside the man’s little briefcase. The man walks off.
Keywords
Women; Motorcycling
Footage sources
Pathe   Re-issue
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.209
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP209
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile   Issue sheet
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
156

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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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).
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How to cite this record

'Clever and Quaint', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 512, 26 Mar 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332687 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)