| Beef Trust of Vaudeville Days | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1758 |
| Catalog #: | 425752 | |
| Clip Number: | 425752-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-023-05 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | New York, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Happiness CROWDS: Misc. ENTERTAINMENT: Audition ENTERTAINMENT: Vaudeville/Music Hall ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Theatrical ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Theatrical, Chorus Line LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York | |
| Description: | Would-be chorus girls, all over 200 pounds each, audition for a upcoming show about the famous "Beef Trust" gals of vaudeville days. They go through some surprisingly active dancing routines and they total about twenty tons of talent from top to toe! Camera pans a line of chorus girls and they are extremely overweight, but they look happy. CU - A Toledo weight scale, and the arrow is pointing to the number 281 LBS. CU - The woman whose being weighed and she has a look of surprise on her face, but she is smiling and happy. MS - The slender choreographer giving instruction to very well endowed chores girls. MCU - The camera focuses on the bottom half of the ladies as they tap dance CU - One of the gal's is wearing a two piece outfit with fringe, and sequins. The choreographer eliminated all the gals that were 200 LBS and under. Only six of these corpulent cuties were selected to re-create the famed "Billy Watson's Beef Trust of Vaudeville Days" staring Barbra Streisand and Jason Robards. | |
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