Isa Miranda Aka Lamp Artist (1962)

London. L/S of the Italian actress Isa Miranda sat on a red sofa in her living room, she is painting a doll. C/U of an open script on the table in front of her, M/S of photographs from plays she has been in. M/S of an Oscar on her sideboard. C/U of the inscription on the Oscar, which is an honorary award for the film ’The Walls of Malapaga’. L/S as the lamp beside the Oscar starts flickering on and off, L/S as Isa looks over towards it and smiles. M/S of Isa painting the doll. C/U of her artists palate with lots of different colours on it, she chooses a bit of red. M/S of the doll, the head is made from an old light bulb, she applies the red to form a mouth. C/U of the dolls face, it is wearing a pair of gold earrings and a hat made out of net. M/S as she finishes the doll and turns it round for inspection. C/U of some flowers, the camera pans down to show they are on the hat of another doll. Various shots of different light bulb dolls. L/S of Isa embroidering one of her oil paintings to give it a ’new dimension’. C/U of the painting which is of two angels. M/S of another of her embroidered paintings, which shows lots of different flowers with faces and hair. M/S of the embroidered painting of a woman, C/U of the flowers on her hat, the camera pans down to show the detail on her face. C/U of another painting of a woman’s face. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.