L/S of the Italian actress Isa Miranda sat on a red sofa in her living room, she is painting a doll. C/U of an open script on the table in front of her, M/S of photographs from plays she has been in. M/S of an Oscar on her sideboard. C/U of the inscription on the Oscar, which is an...
L/S of the Italian actress Isa Miranda sat on a red sofa in her living room, she is painting a doll. C/U of an open script on the table in front of her, M/S of photographs from plays she has been in. M/S of an Oscar on her sideboard. C/U of the inscription on the Oscar, which is an honorary award for the film 'The Walls of Malapaga'. L/S as the lamp beside the Oscar starts flickering on and off, L/S as Isa looks over towards it and smiles. M/S of Isa painting the doll. C/U of her artists palate with lots of different colours on it, she chooses a bit of red. M/S of the doll, the head is made from an old light bulb, she applies the red to form a mouth. C/U of the dolls face, it is wearing a pair of gold earrings and a hat made out of net. M/S as she finishes the doll and turns it round for inspection. C/U of some flowers, the camera pans down to show they are on the hat of another doll. Various shots of different light bulb dolls.
L/S of Isa embroidering one of her oil paintings to give it a 'new dimension'. C/U of the painting which is of two angels. M/S of another of her embroidered paintings, which shows lots of different flowers with faces and hair. M/S of the embroidered painting of a woman, C/U of the flowers on her hat, the camera pans down to show the detail on her face. C/U of another painting of a woman's face.
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