News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Astra Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

5

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Theatre masks
• 2. Home Turkish bath
• 3. RAF Medical Flying Boat
• 4. Film Star Chimp

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 8/13/56 RICHENS. DYKE THEATRE MASKS. (London) MS Mr Dyke Richens pouring solution into bowl. MCU Dyke lifts mask from mould and examines it. MS Dyke’s face CU Mask face being painted. CU Dyke’s hand as he dips his brush into the paint. MS Dyke attaching hair to mask - he puts the mask on and looms towards the camera in CU (Eastman Neg.) Date : 8/13/56 THEATRE MASKS (London) MS Mr. Harold Smith putting on a crocodile mask. CU Crocodile mask. CU Devil mask making faces. CU Oliver Hardy mask - Mr. Smith who is wearing it blows his nose. MS Mr Dyke Richems pouring solution into a bowl. MS CU Three masks, Clown, Devil, Donald Duck. MCU Dyke’s face. CU Mask face being painted. CU Dyke’s hand as he dips his brush into the paint. CU The Mask nearly painted. BCU Two grinning masks, one a clown one dwarf. MS Dyke attaching hair to mask, he puts the mask on looms towards the camera in CU. MS Eric Gledhill fitting a cat’s mask onto a model - the model shakes her head in refusal of the mask which Eric starts to take off. CU Man in a clown’s mask making faces. MS Gedhill fixes the model up with a comical monkey mask. CU A big mask representing a nanny - the model removes the mask and puts on a big baby head mask. CU Monkey mask being worn by model is given a cigarette which she lights and puffs. CU Two comical masks. The masks are pushed aside and Mr Phillip Harburn’s head peers through. MS Man wearing a dog outfit looks startled and ducks. BCU Monkey smoking. MS Young man putting on a sad looking bull dog mask - he looks sadly at the camera. (Eastman Neg.)"

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Footage sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial   Issue No.85

Length of story (in feet)

190

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