The Real "Black Bottom" Dance

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
301
Date Released
8 Mar 1927
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1[Novelties - New Year Saving Device]
  2. 2(Untitled record)
  3. 3The Real "Black Bottom" Dance
  4. 4(Untitled record)
  5. 5(Untitled record)
  6. 6The Krazy Kat. (Not forgetting occasionally Ignatz, the Mouse.) By Bill Nolan.

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
NoS Summary - Mildred Melrose dances from Piccadilly Cabaret.
British Pathe synopsis: Miss Mildred Melrose, a well known dancer at the Piccadilly Cabaret demonstrates the "real" Black Bottom dance. Mildred wears a fringed outfit comprising very short shorts and a little bikini top. She does some wild dancing, shaking her bottom and every other part of her body. The dance incorporates pointing her fingers, kicking her legs from side to side, patting her own bottom and generally enjoying herself. "Now we know just where the Charleston challenger steps spring from!" reads an intertitle.
Researcher Comments
British Pathe - Costume designed by Dolly Tree.
Keywords
Music and dance
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   17 March 1927 p74.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.99
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP099 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998)   p172.
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