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- BFI identifier18992
- Date1927 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisViewing copy 602441A INTEREST. Shot of the R.M.S. "Berengaria" (14-20); shots of ballroom dancing on board (24-48); Tallulah Bankhead dancing in the crowd (52-68); five girls display dresses (71-82); the Rodney Hudson dancers - a troupe of chorus girls perform (86-136); one of them performs acrobatics (140-150); two acrobats - Ian and Janette (155-200); Dorothie Willard performs acrobatic dance (206-250); Jules Andre and Felicity Garratt perform a Spanish Apache dance (255-290); Wendy Toye performs a ballet dance (297-315ft). Viewing copy 604349A acquired under the title (DANCING 1927). No title. "In the great ballroom..." Dancers, band leader with violin, MCUs of couples, CUs of feet. Tallulah Bankhead and partner (24-38). Five girls model dresses on stairs (47-58). The ten befeathered Rodney Hudson dancers highkick while the spectators stand and sit on the floor in a big circle. A Rodney Hudson girl somersaults (125). `And for fiery acrobatic grace - meet Ian and Janette'. She throws him over her head. MCU of Tallulah Bankhead and two men. Ian whirls Janette around by her legs (175). `In the other ballroom Dorothie Willard showed her way to suppleness' (182). Splits, high kicks and cartwheels (225). Jules Andre and Felicity Garrett (267). Wendy Toye with white fan, wig and tutu dances on points (297) and, in sailor suit, dances a hornpipe. `And so to bed -- it's dawn!' The crowd descends stairs (321). Liner at quayside (324ft). (Shotlist)
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Something New in Cabarets (Original)
Dancing 1927 (Archive)
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Non FictionThis work is available from BFI Archive Sales
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Work - 18992 - 1927 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
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