Theatre Masks 1956

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London

At the Theatre Zoo, St Martin's Lane, Dyke Richens and Eric Gledhill demonstrate their mask making skills.

M/S Harold Smith puts on a crocodile mask. C/U crocodile mask and then a devil mask making faces. An 'Oliver Hardy' mask blows his nose, using a large white handkerchief....

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1220
Sort Number:
CP 085
Time in/Out:
01:00:10:00 / 01:02:17:00
Canister:
CP 085
Film ID:
53.01
Issue Date:
13/08/1956

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