| ACROBATIC NOVELTY Comedy routine from "The Whirl of the World" featuring Nellie Wallace and Billy Merson. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6706 | |
| Catalog #: | 371705 | |
| Clip Number: | 371705-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 18 | |
| Timecode: | 01:02:34 - 01:04:14 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Acrobatics LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Spazzoni Troupe incl. Billy Merson, Nellie Wallace, and Nervo and Knox give a performance at the Palladium in London, part of show "Whirl of the Wind." CU Nellie Wallace, a skinny woman in beaded costume strikes a weird frozen pose. MCU Merson (w/ fake moustache) making a biceps muscle, then preening for camera. Wide shot: same woman, in a sort of baggy leotard w/ spaghetti straps, leads a line of men in shorts on-stage. They march around, then stand in row by a long mat. They pass a handkerchief all the way down the row & back. Then the woman does comedy bit: she puts handkerchief on mat, starts trying to do a backbend. She staggers around a bit, falls to her knees, bends over & picks the handkerchief up in her teeth, & runs to end of row. Next, one of the men does a handstand, then walks on his hands w/ his elbows bent and his chest just above the floor. He jumps up & poses standing on one leg. Another man takes a handkerchief out of his shorts puts it on the mat. He does an aerial walkover, picking up the handkerchief with one hand as he flips over. Wow! Acrobatics, entertainment, stunts | |
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