Digital Transgender Archive

Hon. Quick Change (1930)

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Japanese man kneeling down on a podium in front of a curtain. He has two drawers of clothes beside him. He puts on various items of clothing and turns himself into a Geisha Girl - a Japanese Drag Queen Introductory intertitle reads: "They have their quick-change folk in old Nippon - here's a gentleman to whom changing into a woman is but a brief breather in his day's work -" M/S of a Japanese man kneeling down on a podium in front of a curtain. He has two drawers of clothes beside him. He puts on various items of clothing and turns himself into a Geisha Girl - a Japanese Drag Queen! He holds up a fan and purses his lips. Very short item so presumably incomplete. Was an item in Eve's Film Review issue number 481.

Item Information:

Identifier
5m60qs04h
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
British Pathé
Publisher
Eve Pictorials
Date Issued
Aug. 21, 1930
Genre
Motion Pictures
Topic(s)
Arts and entertainment occupations
Crossdressing
Geishas
Resource Type
Moving image
Language
English
Rights
Copyright undetermined
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