Doll Mannequins

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
556
Date Released
28 Jan 1932
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
NoS Summary - Fashions modelled by perfectly proportioned dolls.
British Pathe synopsis: "The ingenious use of dolls for displaying dresses, is solving the problem of limited window space -" M/S of a woman in a drawing room setting which is perhaps supposed to represent a ladies clothes shop (there are two hats on stands behind the woman). The woman sits at a table dressing small dolls. Dissolve to C/U of one of the dolls. Woman turns the doll to display her dress. She adds a feather to the outfit. "Any style or period of dress can be effectively and cheaply reproduced in these miniature models -" C/U of one of the dolls. Dissolve into another in a different outfit. Dissolve into the doll seen earlier. Dissolve into a back view of the same doll.
Keywords
Fashion and costume; Toys and models
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.230
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP230
National Film Archive Catalogue
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How to cite this record

'Doll Mannequins', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 556, 28 Jan 1932. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332907 (Accessed 16 Jul 2025)