Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs

August. 14,1908      
Rating:
3.5
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Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs is a 1908 British short silent documentary film, directed by George Albert Smith as a showcase his new Kinemacolor system, which features a woman displaying assorted tartan cloths, both draped on her body and waved semaphore-style. The patterned handkerchiefs are, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, “presumably the same cloths featured in Tartans of Scottish Clans (1906), this time shown from various angles.”

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Reviews

Actuakers
1908/08/14

One of my all time favorites.

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Bereamic
1908/08/15

Awesome Movie

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Salubfoto
1908/08/16

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

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Geraldine
1908/08/17

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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