London’s Famous Clubs & Cabarets: No. 4 - "The New Princes’ Frivolities" (Presented by Percy Athos)

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

254

Date Released

15 Apr 1926

Length of issue (in feet)

950

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Section Title

London’s Famous Clubs & Cabarets

Summary

NoS Summary - the New Prince’s Cabaret - audience and entertainers featuring the Percy Athos Beauties, A. W. Baskcomb and Doris Hare.
Pathe Intertitles - "Dancing and laughter - and the strains of ALfredo’s famous band to tempt the diners from their tables -"
"Then eight of the girls appeared and danced and sang about the "Charleston" (from Chicago)."
"Doris Hare added a sailor touch -"
"Just then, we noticed A. W. Baskcomb (of "Mercenary Mary" fame), trying to squeeze a little extra from a large bottle -"
"And nearby, the Dodge Twins - as alike as two peas -"
"Back to the Stage, where the Athos Beauties sang a tempting song. "For you" they called it - (and the dance that followed)"
"Ten pairs of twinkling toes -".
"Renee and Jack Corona give us a different kind of dance -"
"In case anybody missed the whirls, this is what the "slow-camera" revealed -"
"Then Jean Rai and the rest of the company told us (musically) they were going to "Charleston back to Charleston"."
"Jean’s footwork is fast, but our "slow" cameras faster -".

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list of this item appears in the Pathe boxfile

Keywords

Performing arts

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly 22 April 1926 p61.
J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001) p127.
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998) p8.
Pathe Eve 246-280 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

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Length of story (in feet)

350

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