| MOVIE MOMENTS FROM MERCENARY MARY Extracts from the play "Mercenary Mary" starring Frank Masters, Mary Titus and Betty Garson. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6709 | |
| Catalog #: | 372149 | |
| Clip Number: | 372149-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 29 | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:56 - 01:28:51 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Acrobatic ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Ballet ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Theatrical LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Scenes from the musical comedy "Mercenary Mary", playing at the London Hippodrome, 1925. Acrobatic Dancer Frank Masters performs a very fast-paced energetic dance w/ female chorus doing simple steps in BG. He incorporates aerial cartwheels, weird falls & slides across the floor, almost like break-dancing in the 1980s. Next, Mary Titus, the India Rubber Lady, does acrobatics, splits, backward & forward walkovers, sort of contortionist type positions etc., while Chorus girls watch in BG. Then Ardath des Sales performs in tutu and toe shoes and does a "ballet" number with choreography that sometimes looks more like aerobics class. Chorus kneel at sides and wave their arms gracefully. Finally, Betty Carson hops out in a short flared skirt and starts doing violent high kicks!! Chorus watch in BG. Theatrical dance, variety shows, stunts. | |
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