| THE LATEST IN LONDON Painted Designs on Ladies' Shoulders | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6706 | |
| Catalog #: | 371724 | |
| Clip Number: | 371724-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 20 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:34 - 01:31:31 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEAUTY CULTURE: Body Decoration, Body Painting FADS AND TRENDS: 1920s LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | THE LATEST IN LONDON American film showing the latest fashion in London for painted designs on shoulders. Painted Designs on Ladies' Shoulders are the in thing in 1920s London. Like temporary tattoos. Titles in cockney dialect throughout marvel at the bizarre things "the ladies do think up". Interior home setting, couple sit at table, she is reading newspaper. She expresses excitement at something she sees and shows him. CU in oval frame of newspaper column "Fads and Fancies: The Shoulder Painting is the Very Latest. Ladies of fashion are..." etc. Woman slips off her stole revealing dress w/ narrow straps. MCU the man painting something on woman's shoulder. CU same. He finishes, she looks at her back in the mirror. ECU the finished painting of a long-legged bird (a crane?). LS woman seems to be telling artist she is delighted with her new look. Next, MLS a woman sitting down while artist paints on her leg. CU same. He is painting butterflies and wavy lines on her leg. CU he extends design to tops of her feet. CU back of her legs w lines and dots. She turns to model front view. London street scene, good footage of busy street w/ pedestrians hurrying past, automobiles. Woman in white frilly outfit gets out of a car and walks down street, stops & buys flower from a street vendor. She must be the one with painted legs although the camera doesn't really pick that up. But several men stand staring at her, then follow, gaping after her. Strange, weird, trends, 1920s styles, body decoration, oddities | |
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