Digital Transgender Archive
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 Actions
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- https://www.britishpathe.com/video/hon-quick-change-artist
- Citation
- Cite
- Identifier
- 5m60qs04h
- Collection
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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British Pathé
- Publisher
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Eve Pictorials
- Date Issued
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Aug. 21, 1930
- Genre
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Motion Pictures
- Topic(s)
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Arts and entertainment occupations
Crossdressing
Geishas
- Resource Type
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Moving image
- Language
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English
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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