| PETALS FROM ROSE MARIE - THE MUSICAL PLAY AT THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6793 |
| Catalog #: | 446324 | |
| Clip Number: | 446324-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 285 | |
| Timecode: | 01:37:12 - 01:38:37 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/THEATER: Plays | |
| Description: | PETALS FROM "ROSE MARIE" - THE MUSICAL PLAY AT THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE Extracts from the hugely successful stage show Rose Marie starring Edith Day and Billy Merson. Rose Marie was a phenomenal success in 1925 at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. It established a record of 851 performances. London Stage set is entrance hall of a mansion. Starts w/ 4 rows of women, in Victorian costumes w/ bonnets, hoop skirts, coming down wide upstage ctr staircase. They walk downstage, then divide w/ 2 rows going each way. Ladies and gentlemen in period costume (incl. Billy Merson and Edith Day) dance minuet. As they finish several women in 1920s dresses come running down the steps. Fade to LS 1920s couple dancing cheek to cheek whkle another woman stands nearby looking miffed; the rest of the dancers watch. Theatre, musicals, dance, set design, plays | |
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