Carnival - The Famous Three Arts Club Ball - London

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

396

Date Released

3 Jan 1929

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - Three Arts Club Ball at the Park Lane Hotel. Featuring Albert Sandler, Marius B. Winter, Monty Banks, Sydney Chaplin, Billy Bennett, Morris Harvey, Evelyn Laye, Ruby Miller, Ellaine Macey, Greta Fayne, Noranna Rose, Vanda and Vladimir.
British Pathe synopsis: Film of a carnival ball at the Three Arts Club in London which is in the great ballroom of the Park Lane Hotel. L/S of the interior of the club - people move around the dance floor. Low angle M/S of the band. "Millions have heard this orchestra on the Radio - Albert Sandler’s -" C/U of Albert playing the violin. Couples dance past the camera. Various angles of the dancers - some are in fancy dress, others hold balloons.

"Another Radio favourite - Marius B. Winter." M/S of Marius conducting the band. "Striking costumes attract our camera -" C/Us of various couples in outrageous outfits. Large head dresses, Mexican sombreros, ostrich feather trimmed outfits, etc. Monty Banks, Sydney Chaplin and Billy Bennett are featured. (Also Morris Harvey) They are having fun and games with a soda syphon. Sidney pulls off Billy’s fake moustache then puts it back on again. Evelyn Laye, Ruby Miller and Ellaline Macey look after a lucky dip. Monty Banks has a go - his prize is something which snaps in two. Everyone laughs. One of the girls has a go (Greta Fayne?) - she gets a pipe. She gives it to Monty - he pops it into his mouth and grabs the girl, dancing off with her.

"King Carnival’s Parade" takes place. Various fancy dress costumes are paraded past the camera. Lots of historical costumes, short frocks with large pom poms, a clergyman etc. Noranna Rose - the Prima Ballerina - performs a balletic dance. It isn’t very elegant so may be a comedic routine. Vanda and Vladimir perform a dizzy, dashing, acrobatic dance involving jumps, throws, lifts and much rough and tumble. He spins around with Vanda suspended around his neck by her ankles at one point then drops her on the floor (intentionally).

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly 10 January 1929 p71.
The Bioscope 9 January 1929 p61.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.93
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP093 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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