Jewel Modes Aka Tommy Handley Intros Jewel Modes (1937)

Comedian, Tommy Handley, introduces item about expensive jewellery. Location of events unknown. C/U of five women’s hands; they are dripping with precious stone bracelets and rings. Various C/Us of displays of diamond, ruby, emerald and sapphire rings, bracelets, tiaras and necklaces. C/U of glamorous model smiling at camera and wearing lots of jewels. C/U of woman’s neck, she wears a diamond necklace. C/U of diamond tiara in woman’s hair. Extreme C/U of precious stone ring on woman’s hand. Extreme C/U on sparkly bracelet on woman’s wrist. C/U of woman’s bejewelled arms folded across her stomach. C/U of blonde model wearing jewellery. C/U of her wrists. C/U of Handley giving comic commentary to camera about what he would bring home to his wife on her birthday - a diamond ring? No. The punch line is he would bring home a friend! Note: Tommy Handley is commentator on all items in Pathetone 355. AH 2001. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, B