Short Shots from "The Show’s the Thing"

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

421

Date Released

27 Jun 1929

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Short Shots from "The Show’s the Thing"
2. 2(Untitled record)
3. 3(Untitled record)
4. 4(Untitled record)
5. 5(Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - Gracie Fields and Archie Pitt in the Victoria Palace Review.
British Pathe synopsis: Extracts from the Victoria Palace revue "The Show’s the Thing" starring Gracie Fields and Archie Pitt. L/S of a stage set presumably representing a fairground side-show tent. A man stands attempting to attract people to his show. Four chorus girls do a little dance whilst the rest of the cast stand around the girls do lots of twirly high kicks. A low angle shot allows us to see quite a lot of leg as the girls swirl their skirts around and jig about. "The Girls "Step out" on their own - "In front of a curtain backdrop, a large number of chorus girls with linked arms do a routine. The conductor visible in front of the stage seems to be a woman. Incomplete.

Keywords

Performing arts

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   27 June 1929, p44.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.93
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP093 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998)   p83.
National Film Archive Catalogue

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