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Tiptoe Dancers

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
402
Date Released
14 Feb 1929
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Shadow Shrinking
  2. 2(Untitled record)
  3. 3(Untitled record)
  4. 4(Untitled record)
  5. 5Tiptoe Dancers
  6. 6(Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
NoS Summary - Dick and Edith Barstow show a new dance.
British Pathe synopsis: Dick and Edith Barstow, the tiptoe dancers perform a routine. C/U of Eric’s feet in ballet shoes standing on points on the top of a piano. Dissolve to M/S of him on top of the piano. He jumps off and lands on his points and bounces around a bit. He does Cossack style dancing all the time balancing on his toes. C/U of his feet as he bounces around on his points. Edith joins him for some tiptoe dancing. C/U of Edith’s feet as she jumps up and down landing on her toes. We see her do these jumps in slow motion. We also see Dick jumping in slow motion. More acrobatic and showy dancing, all on points.
Keywords
Music and dance
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   21 February 1929 p51.
The Bioscope   13 February 1929 p46.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.99
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP099 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998)   p15.
National Film Archive Catalogue
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