THE PIPES OF PAN-1923
Starring: Alma Taylor, GH Mulcaster, Eileen Dennes, Hugh Clifton, John MacAndrews, Buena Bent, Laurence Hanray, Leslie Attwood and James Annand. Produced and directed by Cecil M. Hepworth. Written by George Dewhurst.
Synopsis: A young girl marries a widowed toymaker after her tinker father’s business venture of a patent for polish fails.
Actress Alma Taylor plays ‘Polly Bunning’ along with her father ‘Miles Bunning’ played by John MacAndrews. In just a few scenes from this collection of still images shows these two characters in great effect. From when they set off on their travels with a horse and cart, to when to meeting the butler of the Farman family, and another when he meets the Aunt and uncle.
There is very little information regarding this film in existence, it is thought to have been destroyed along with most of the films and negatives in the Hepworth company archives in 1924 after the company had closed. The only additional information we have is that the film was distributed by Hepworth and was released in cinemas across the UK in February 1923. The duration was measured not in time but in length, this title was 1,808 meters on 6 reels of film.
Researched from: IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170403/ BFI: http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b31adf2
All were photographed by Stanley Faithfull who was head of the stills department at Hepworth Picture Play, along his his brother Geoffrey Faithfull (Chief Cameraman) and Tom White who produced the negatives. Stanley began working with Cecil Hepworth in 1906 as a technician then later moving on processing the film printing.
These stills have been professionally scanned at very high resolution with digital restoration, some after nearly 100 years since they were first taken. They have been captured using a colour scanning process rather than standard black and white. This gives the images a warm hugh, similar to sepia colour and more accurately preserves tones, colours and fine details.
The still images from ‘Pipes of Pan’ are now available to purchase as large format prints using the link below.
http://www.vintagenegatives.com/hepworth-the-pipes-of-pan
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