| BEAUTE DE FEMMES A sneak preview of the new revue at the Prince of Wales Theatre - chorus girls, magicians and tap dancing. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7239 |
| Catalog #: | 506838 | |
| Clip Number: | 506838-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 336 | |
| Timecode: | 01:28:02 - 01:31:45 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT: Magic ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Tap ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Theatrical, Chorus Line LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | BEAUTE DE FEMMES A sneak preview of the new revue at the Prince of Wales Theatre - chorus girls, magicians and tap dancing. "A topical peep at Beaute de Femmes, the new revue at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London." Various shots of glamorous chorus girls strolling down, one at a time, a large staircase on stage - they all wear vaguely military style costumes. Narrator; "these are some of the Luscious Lovelies in their number 'Trafalgar Square'." Various shots of an ensemble song number. Various shots of young man, the magician Erikson, performing a trick on stage - he tuns a ball of paper into a real egg (he proves it is real by cracking it into a glass). Various shots of a young woman doing a tap dancing routine on stage. The woman is Retta Ray (according to the narrator she is the protege of film star Eleanor Powell). (show girls) | |
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