| SCULPTOON 'Sculptoonist' Geoffrey Davien makes caricature sculptures of well-known people. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7119 |
| Catalog #: | 41089 | |
| Clip Number: | 41089-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 122 | |
| Timecode: | 01:37:03 - 01:38:31 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ART: Sculpture ART: Unusual LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England OCCUPATIONS: Artist | |
| Description: | "SCULPTOON BY GEOFFREY DAVIEN". Various shots show 'sculptoonist' Geoffrey Davien working on a caricature model of cricketer Walter (Wally) Hammond. He starts out with a basic wire structure. Dissolve into Geoffrey adding clay. Dissolve into the finishing touches being put to the sculpture. We then see Geoffrey's daughter making a copy of a model head of film star Edward G Robinson made by her dad. A woman (Geoffrey's wife?) puts some shorts on a model of boxer Bruce Woodcock. Library film shows Bruce after a boxing match and in action in the ring. M/S of a group of model heads of well-known men - Food Minister John Strachey, writer Sir Alan (AP) Herbert, actor James Mason, and Foreign Policy Ernest Bevin are among them. Library shot of AP Herbert. Final shot shows Geoffrey twisting a new wire structure into shape. | |
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