| CARNIVAL - THE FAMOUS THREE ARTS CLUB BALL Nice footage of the 3 Arts Club Ball - fancy dress outfits and stars of stage and screen. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6729 | |
| Catalog #: | 429988 | |
| Clip Number: | 429988-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 93 | |
| Timecode: | 01:30:47 - 01:35:25 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Social LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London RECREATION: Parties, Social Dance, Ball | |
| Description: | CARNIVAL - THE FAMOUS THREE ARTS CLUB BALL Nice footage of the 3 Arts Club Ball - fancy dress outfits and stars of stage and screen. London Shot looking out over crowded ballroom. MLS Albert Sandler's orchestra, with the leader standing while playing violin. Shot from the side looking at couples dancing; in FG a woman sits at a booth next to a potted palm. Shot looking down at dance floor. Shot from level of dance floor; couples dancing past; some wear costumes. MLS another orchestra playing (title says "another radio favorite- -Marius B. Winter- -"). Band leader turns toward camera and snaps his fingers in time to the music. More of dancers. MCU couple dancing; woman has huge headdress of long thin feathers. MCU woman dressed as clown dances w/ a guy dressed as a Mexican, w/ huge sombrero. MCU woman in lots of spangles and feathers dancing w/ guy dressed as shiek or something of the sort. MLS 3 Monty Banks, Sydney Chaplin and Billy Bennett at the bar. Sydney mixing drinks- -squirting the soda siphon. They start acting silly, Sydney takes off Billy's fake moustache, etc. Crowd dancing. MLS Evelyn Laye, Ruby Miller and Ellaline Macey preside over a barrel full of prizes or presents- -like a grab bag. Monty Banks opens his prize and looks shocked- -it's garters. They find him another prize- -a pipe. Wide shot Parade of costumes across the ballroom. Wider shot of same, from above. MLS women in a variety of costumes walking past. 01.33.43. Wide shot looking across room to stage where ballerina Noranna Rose is dancing. LS same; she wears a platinum wig. Next a fast-paced acrobatic dance performance by Vanda and Vladimir. Lots of running across the floor into leaps and lifts. Vlad spinning around while Vanda hangs from him with her ankles crossed behind his neck. | |
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