Cockney Party A Cockney Fancy Dress Party Given By Fanny And John Cradock At Their Home Footage

COCKNEY PARTY A cockney fancy dress party given by Fanny and John Cradock at their home
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	6026
	Catalog #:	37014
	Clip Number:	37014-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 282
	Timecode:	01:31:40 - 01:34:37
	Location:	Blackheath, London.
	Year Shot:	1960 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Buffet LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London PSEUDOSCIENCE: ESP, Precognition (Fortune Telling / Predictions) RECREATION: Parties, Costume/Fancy Dress/Masquerade
	Description:	COCKNEY PARTY (aka CELEBRITIES ATTEND COCKNEY PARTY TO LAUNCH FANNY CRADDOCK BOOK SOMETHING BURNING) A cockney fancy dress party given by Fanny and John Cradock at their home Blackheath, London. C/U of some fruit, flowers and a stuffed bird on a hat on someone's head; M/S of two ladies wearing similar hats, talking and eating at a party in Blackheath, London. M/S of Jimmy Hanley (in waistcoat, granddad shirt, bowler hat, moustache and glasses) standing at the buffet table with a Beefeater; JH lifts a long eel from a plate; C/U of various dishes of food on the table; "cockles and mussels - an' all that caper!" says the commentator. M/S of people standing at a table to get food while an old man eats cockles (I think); C/U of JH eating an eel, peeling off half of his moustache to take a bigger bite, then replacing it. C/Us of JH's hands getting a winkle out of a shell, then eating it. M/S showing lots of prepared party food on a table; "personally prepared by a couple who put the 'vive' in Bon Viveur, Fanny and John Cradock, for a cockney party at their home to celebrate their new book 'Something's Burning'", says the commentator. M/S of a waiter lighting candles; C/U as he arranges cutlery on the table; C/U of a model swan full of petits fours; C/U of some delicious looking creamy cakes on a table. M/S of Fanny Cradock in a flowery hat (Eliza Doolittle style) sitting on a barrel organ at the party and greeting her arriving guests, Edana Romney (not particularly 'cockney' looking although she does have a feather in her hair) and Hutch (in dinner suit); a cheeky cockney bloke (actually John Cradock) comes up to slap Hutch on the back. C/U of Fanny talking. M/S of Winford Vaughan Thomas turning the barrel organ as a small boy plays with a ball on a string that gets tangled up on the handle. M/S as the Duke of Bedford walks up to Fanny with a tray hanging round his neck carrying bric-a-brac and souvenirs; he is wearing a red and black striped jumper and neckerchief, colourful braces and a huge flat cap. He hands Fanny a packet of cigarettes in exchange for a flower. C/U of John Cradock in flat cap, glasses and red and white spotted neckerchief; he takes a drag from his cigarette (in 'gor blimey' fashion). M/S of two women at the food table - one dressed in Limehouse Chinese style, the other as a flower girl. M/S of Eva Bartok, Fanny, Robert Donat's son (unamed) and Barbara Kelly sitting at a table and talking (all but Fanny are in normal evening gear); C/Us of EB, BK. C/U of Ronald Shiner popping open a bottle of champagne with great effort then taking a swig from it. M/S of a lamplighter turning up a street lamp. M/S of Eva Bartok, Jean Dawnay, Madame Clara (fortune teller - actually Daily Mirror newspaper columnist Noel Whitcomb), Phyllis Fulford-Brown sitting around a table. C/Us and M/Ss as Madame Clara tells their fortunes. M/S of a large crowd of guests and photographers standing around some donkeys; C/U of three donkey's heads in a row, tilt up to show the Duke of Bedford, Jean Dawnay and another man sitting on them. A woman standing beside them is eating nibbles. C/U of the unidentified man - he could be the donkey handler. C/U of the woman trying to feed nibbles to a donkey. M/S of Cy Grant playing guitar while Steven Macormack (dressed as Sherlock Holmes) hands out ice-cream to children gathered outside; C/Us of children jostling for ice-cream and Cy Grant talking. M/S of Fanny and John Cradock in their costumes (she holds a tray of flowers) smiling and talking.