Sketch Club (1953)

Long Acre, London. M, S man with a pipe walks down passageway and knocks on door which is marked White Swan Tudor Street Fleet Street, Sketch Club Private. Panel slides back in door to reveal man s face. He recognises newcomer and opens door. Inside we see several men and women sketching a girl (art student Daphne) who is posing in a bikini. Good C, Us of newspaper cartoonists at work David Langdon of the Sunday Pictorial; Marco of the London Evening Standard; Norman Pett (creator of Jane ) of the Daily Mirror. Honorary Secretary of the Sketch Club, Joe Dowd of the Daily Herald, gets another girl (art teacher Lorna) in a swimsuit to take over as model. She poses with a beach ball. Elizabeth Cowley and Avril Showell of Woman magazine sketch. More artists: Preston Bencson of The Star, Norman Williams of The Eagle and Joss of The Star and founder member of the Sketch Club. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT