California-1949: Woman in Pink Hat Sings Behind Painted Fan and Reveals Crying Eyes

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 · California, United States

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What is in this clip

amateur performance
community entertainment
comedy
church social life
postwar leisure
handmade props
women on stage

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · tilt · eye level, slightly low from the audience
Setting: indoor · amateur stage in front of a drawn olive-gold curtain
Time and weather: unknown
Lighting: artificial stage or movie light from the front, dark falloff at the edges
People: 1 · One adult woman with dark set hair, red lipstick, a wide-brimmed pink hat, drop earrings, bracelets, a large ring and a short-sleeved black dress, singing with exaggerated expressions.
Objects: hand-painted paper fan · pink wide-brimmed hat · drop earrings · bracelets · large ring · stage curtain
Colors: olive green · gold · black · pink · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A woman in a pink hat and black dress sings with a mock-dramatic expression behind a painted paper fan.
She lifts the fan, then lowers and turns it over as the camera tilts down.
The reverse of the fan shows hand-drawn eyes with falling tears.
She swings the fan back up in front of her chest.
She tilts her head back and sings on with her mouth wide open.

Woman in Pink Hat Sings Behind Painted Fan and Reveals... — Clip Details

Probably California, circa 1949 home movie footage of a woman performing a comic song at an amateur stage show. Wearing a wide pink hat, drop earrings and a black dress, she sings with exaggerated expressions behind a large hand-painted paper fan. She lowers and flips the fan to show a drawing of crying eyes with falling tears, then raises it and sings on. Filmed handheld in one medium shot in front of an olive-gold stage curtain, on 8mm colour film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000202

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Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1949 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits requests for late-1940s American community or church-social entertainment, where a short, complete amateur comedy act in colour is needed.
Period detail: The wide-brimmed pink hat, drop earrings, stacked bracelets, dark red lipstick and set hair fit the late 1940s, and the heavy draped curtain may show a church or community hall stage.
Home-movie behavior: An audience member films a performer from their own congregation or community mid-act, catching her hammed-up faces and the timing of the fan reveal as it happened.
What appears in frame: A woman in a pink hat and black dress, a large painted paper fan, its reverse side drawn with crying eyes, drop earrings and bracelets, and an olive-gold curtain behind her.
Film character: Saturated 8mm colour with soft focus, visible grain, dark edges from limited indoor light and a handheld tilt that follows the fan.
Edit role: Works as a self-contained comic insert or memory beat, or as a cutaway inside a sequence on amateur shows and social evenings.
Historical context: It shows the kind of home-made variety entertainment put on by congregations and community groups in postwar America, with a handmade prop and a costume assembled for laughs.
Research note: The performer's face is clearly identifiable and she is unnamed; film copyright is separate from her likeness, and the hand-drawn fan is an artwork, so likeness and prop rights should be weighed for commercial use.
Research search match: 1940s amateur stage show, comic singer with fan, church social entertainment, 8mm colour home movie performance, vintage novelty act.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the women's trio, the woman in a tuxedo and the costumed duet from the same stage show, then with the reel's congregation scenes, then with other circa 1949 amateur performance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Comic singer in a pink hat peers sideways over a hand-painted fan at an amateur stage show, probably California, circa 1949, 8mm home movie. — The performer gives a sideways look over her painted fan at the start of the act, circa 1949.
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Performer turns her painted fan over mid-act, its reverse with drawn eyes coming into view, amateur stage show, probably California, circa 1949. — The fan is flipped: the patterned front lifts away as the drawn eyes on the back begin to show.
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Singer in a black dress swings her hand-painted fan back up after the crying-eyes reveal, amateur stage show, probably California, circa 1949. — After the reveal the fan comes back up, with the camera still tilted low on the prop.
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Woman in a pink hat and drop earrings sings open-mouthed over a painted fan at an amateur stage show, probably California, circa 1949, 8mm film. — Head back and mouth wide, the singer finishes the bit with the fan spread across her chest.
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