Changing The Face Of Things (1932)
Introductory intertitle reads: Benda, aided, by his charming wife shows you some of his worldfamous L, S of Mr and Mrs Benda who are seated on an unusual piece of furniture. It is a large bookshelf with a sofa in the middle. There are several masks hanging on the back of the bookcase behind them. Mrs Benda reads a book whilst her husband fiddles with a mask. C, U of the couple as Mr Benda talks about how he makes his masks. He turns a mask over in his hands. It is a rather scary looking creation. Mrs Benda models some of the masks. First a demure young girl. Mrs Benda poses in the incredibly lifelike mask a little spooky. The second is not so demure a rather comical woman s face wide eyed and a bit scary looking. A sorrowful mask is modelled next. Mrs Benda uses her body movements to echo the emotions of the mask. Mr Benda puts a mask on. A rather frightening Frankenstein s (sp ) monster mask with big eyebrows (can t make out what Mr Benda says to describe it) cou
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