| MISS VICTORIAN AND MISS MODERN A conversation between a Victorian lady and a modern girl. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7235 |
| Catalog #: | 191219 | |
| Clip Number: | 191219-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 357 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:23 - 01:14:04 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles FASHION: Day Dress FASHION: Historical (Pre 1900) FASHION: Sportswear, Tennis FASHION: Women's LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | Miss Victorian and Miss Modern A meeting between a Victorian lady and thoroughly modern girl. Actress Tosca Bissing (currently playing character of 'Mrs Bridget Blair' in 'Parnell' at new theatre) is Miss Victorian; she wears period dress. Miss Modern is a glamorous, chain smoking blonde in shorts and halter neck, carrying a tennis racket! Various shots of Tosca and Miss Modern in a Victorian living room set. They debate the pros and cons of life for women today The conversation is full of wise cracks (Tosca: "There was a time every woman darned her husband's socks" Miss Modern: "Now she socks her darned husband!"). It covers topics such as; fashion, gossip, make-up, marriage and women's new found independence. In the end Tosca is won over by modernity. | |
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