Sun Tale Tellers

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
514
Date Released
9 Apr 1931
Length of issue (in feet)
790
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
Pathe Summary - Wherever you find brilliant sun, there lives the cactus plant, and there are a great number of varieties.
NoS synopsis: "Wherever you find brilliant sun - there lives the cactus plant -" M/S of a cactus plantation. Woman hovers around in the background. Various shots of the cacti. "Signposts of the South" - and as many varieties as there are ladies - (almost)" Two women walk along admiring the cactus plants. C/U of some very prickly cacti. Woman’s hand plucks off a flower. "And like some ladies, too, they have sharp dispositions - " Woman stands close to a large cactus, she pricks her finger on one of the spikes. C/U of the cactus. Another C/U of strange looking cactus.
Researcher Comments
Short handwritten shot list available in Pathe boxfile. Main titles and sub titles came from American Pathe Review according to a handwritten note on this file.
Keywords
Horticulture
Footage sources
Pathe Exchange   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)
120

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Film Archive

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British Film Institute (BFI)
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How to cite this record

'Sun Tale Tellers', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 514, 9 Apr 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332698 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)