London’s Famous Clubs and Cabarets: No. 1 - The Kit Kat Club

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

244

Date Released

4 Feb 1926

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Section Title

London’s Famous Clubs and Cabarets

Summary

NoS Summary - Sophie Tucker’s Farewell to the Kit Kat Club and the turn given by Irving Berlin.
British Pathe synopsis (Incomplete) - M/S of a group of bright young things at a table. "And here’s a constellation of "Stars" - see if you can "spot" them. Sophie Tucker, Gladys Cooper, Jack Hilton, George Grossmith, Tallulah Bankhead, "Delysia", Fay Marbe, Ethel Levey, Lew Hearn, Cissie Loftus, Heather Thatcher, Ella Retford, Estelle Brodie, Peggy O’Neil & Irving Berlin!" M/S of the group of celebrities. They chat to each other and pose for the camera. "Mrs Berlin was shy but we snapped "Irving" - " M/S of Irving talking to a male friend. " - and for "Sophie" he sang an old favourite - "Remember" (All alone, too!)" M/S of Irving on stage singing in the spotlight.

Keywords

Performing arts

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly 11 February 1926 p60.
The Bioscope 21 January 1926 p29.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.19
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP289 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998) p258.
National Film Archive Catalogue

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