Victorian Nighties (1955)

Chelsea, London. L/S of a domestic interior decorated to represent a Victorian drawing room. A glamour girl reclines on the floor listening to a gramophone (would they have sprawled on the floor in Victorian days?!). A cat sits licking its paws beside her. The famous fashion artist Ruth Sheradski (sp?) enters the set and adjusts the model’s nightie and the horn of the gramophone. M/S of the artist perched on a chair with palettes of paint beside her, she paints C/U of her looking towards the camera. C/U of her painting. High angle shot showing the artist and her work. LS of the model striking another pose. She stands up and walks towards a sofa where another model sits. She takes off her dressing gown (narrator calls this a negligee) to reveal a night-dress underneath - both are trimmed with broderie anglaise. Narrator mentions the fact that these fashions are made from British Cotton. C/U of the other model who wears a night-dress with candy green stripes. C/U of a hideous pair of feet -