"Few Stage Stars of today have endeared themselves to British audiences so much as Miss Fairbrother." L/S of a large house with Sydney Fairbrother and a friend walking towards the camera. The friend wears riding gear Sydney is in a dress and apron with her hair in a bun. They throw food to a group of...
"Few Stage Stars of today have endeared themselves to British audiences so much as Miss Fairbrother." L/S of a large house with Sydney Fairbrother and a friend walking towards the camera. The friend wears riding gear Sydney is in a dress and apron with her hair in a bun. They throw food to a group of dogs. M/S of the two women feeding goats by hand. "Country life for me" said our friend, "where your breakfast eggs are eggs and not Chinese conundrums." M/S of a hen house with lots of chickens walking around outside it. The two women take eggs out of the nesting box. C/U of the two examining the eggs. L/S of Sydney and another woman feeding the hens.
"Tempt me not, Sydney", said the fair brother of the fifth hen on the left." The two women continue feeding the chickens. M/S of the two women at work. The younger woman is sawing some wood, Sydney is banging nails into the chicken coop. C/U of Sydney banging in nails. She pretends to have hit her thumb. She sucks it. The third woman brings the other two a drink. "But, Miss Fairbrother has other pets besides dogs and goats and hens in this home at Chorley Wood (sic) - " Chorleywood. C/U of Sydney holding a white fluffy rabbit. C/U of Sydney sitting in a chair with three cats on her lap. She holds them up to the camera and laughs.
Was an item in Eve's Film Review issue number 118.
Note: the two women who appear with Sydney are not named but it is possible that the first woman we see is Sydney's daughter (?) and the second her maid?
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