Take No. X-187

Costume Details
Four old women: Samoan cloaks
+ skirts, f.p. wreaths on head

Action
Hitu takes his fern wreath off [?] + [?]
the flower wreath, staring at Matahi.
Old women behind camera l to r, front to back: [?]
Dancing girls: [?] wearing our brown pareu over breasts +
[?] out f.p. over right ear is [?] + a little to camera l of Hitu,
fanning him (between women [?] + Marii)
[?]
Cut on stomachs of crowd around railing.
[?] Hitu takes off fern wreath [?] his right hand.
F.p. wreath (natural) drops on mat before his feet. [?] Hitu
looks down at [?] straight ahead of [?], then bows his head + looks toward
camera right (at Jean)
The old women look ahead (after Matahi)
[?] over toward camera left.

Notes
Crosby only std 128'
Test at 199' end of take 3
Test at 375 (after take 9) end of roll

Comment
The handwritten description and notes are from David Flaherty. The abbreviation "Com Hut" in the Location field stands for "Community Hut"; "f.p." in the Action and Costume Details fields stand for "frangipani."

Record type
Script Clerk's report

Data Record No.
SCR-501

SDK page number
501

No. of Takes
(1) 2 NG (3) (4) (5) (6) NG (7) (8) (9)

Scene No.
X-187

Lens No.
2"

Footage
25 | 20 | 26 || 33 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 34

Location
Com Hut

Date
February 27 1930