London’s Famous Clubs and Cabarets: No. 5 - Murray’s Club

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

256

Date Released

29 Apr 1926

Length of issue (in feet)

1070

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Section Title

London’s Famous Clubs and Cabarets

Summary

NoS Summary - Murray’s Club - featuring the Daly Sisters, the Three Equals, Musty the Mysterious, Fred Emney, Edwin Henderson and Iris Whyte.
British Pathe synopsis: "Where, downstairs, the famous floor echoes to the gliding steps of the dancers." M/S of revellers seated at round tables. M/S of the three piece band. M/S of a group laughing at a table. L/S high angle of the dance floor. Couples in evening dress dance. "Then midnight - and the arrival of "the girls." Six girls do a dance routine in short skirts. Dance involves high kicks. "Many of us remember Fred Emney and his "Sister to assist her." Here’s Joan - his daughter." Woman in an old fashioned dress and white wig sings. "The Daly Sisters struck a new note on their banjos - and the way they danced with them." Two long haired girls dance with banjos held aloft. They do one handed cartwheels then strum their banjos. "And "The Three Equals" showed what trained strength can do - " three men in white vests and tights perform an acrobatics routine - one man can hold aloft the two others. Punters sitting at tables are seen in the foreground. "Ever noticed the concentrated athletics of the modern eccentric dancer", said Edwin Henderson." A comedy dance routine ensues with Edwin doing all sorts of acrobatics and rolling around on the floor - a forerunner to break dancing with all his floor spins! "And dainty Iris Whyte demonstrated her energetic style" - Iris dances a routine involving high kicks and acrobatics. "Iris was travlling so fast we had to slow her down a bit -". We see some of her dance in slow motion. She wears frilly bloomers which we see a lot of. "Then the girls appeared again in song and dance and told the world (and the diners) they were "Heading for Louisville"." The chorus girls do their routine. High kicks, leg twiddling, jumping around, spinning etc. ""Musty the Mysterious" just couldn’t tie that knot in his handkerchief. (the more you watch him, the less you see!)" He does so. "Then Gerardo and Adair danced into our view." Gerardo and Adair dance for the diners. "The girl and the whirl - and some whirl, too!" The dance involves lifts and spins - Adair manhandling Gerardo and spinning her around his head.

Researcher Comments

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

Keywords

Performing arts

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.106
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP106 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998) p76.
Pathe Eve 246-280 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

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Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

340

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