Stars Fool at Circus Charity

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1141

Date Released

16 Apr 1951

Date submitted

7 Apr 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mr Myers’ Budget Statement
2. 2Close-Up View for Loco Spotters
3. 3Naval Chief at RAF Pass-Out
4. 4Naval Call-Up
5. 5Stars Fool at Circus Charity
6. 6Truman - Macarthur Crisis
7. 7The Stone Turns Up
8. 8Princess and Duke in Italy
9. 8Royal Visit to Lancashire

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Film Stars Fool at Circus Charity. DESCRIPTION: Both Hollywood and Broadway recently lent a hand at a New York Charity Circus. Stars of Screen and Stage took part in the show which raised a hundred and ninety thousand dollars for the New York Heart Association. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Elevated GV of the circus arena - general parade. Celeste Holm around arena on elephant trunk. Jack Dempsey enters on float. Ed Wynn fooling about. Schnozzle Durante kisses (rubs noses) with Dagmar. Cut-in clown cameraman. Lily Pons taming wild beast. Melchior - SCU - leads the band. Midget performs chasing a horse around arena. Trapeze artists performing, one falls into safety net.

Keywords

Sport; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Fundraising; Stunts; Animals; Performing arts

Locations

New York

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

55284

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

83

Story extras:

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