A Little from "Hold Everything"

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

422

Date Released

4 Jul 1929

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - John Kirby, George Gee, Owen Nares, Desmond Jeans, Toots Marty and Mack at the Palace Theatre.
British Pathe synopsis: Extracts from "Hold Everything" the new musical comedy at the Palace Theatre in London. High angle shot of the stage with large dancing chorus. Girls do high kicks and cartwheels over the arms of boys. The dancers go underneath each others’ arms and do a bit of the Charleston. John Kirby and George Gee do a little comedy dance pretending to be coy and cute. They dance holding hands. The larger comedian does a turn under the other’s arm. They bow and curtsey to each other and skip off. Toots, Marty and Mack do some tap dancing on some steps on the stage. Then the chorus boys and girls do a routine on the steps. The men are dressed in top hat and tails and the girls in short shiny shorts with an imitation shirt front and top hats. Good routine running up and down the stairs. Owen Nares and Desmond Jeans do a boxing turn. There is a boxing ring set up on stage and the chorus egg them on. C/U of the beautiful young things screaming and shouting behind the ropes. C/U of the victor.

Keywords

Performing arts

Locations

London; England

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly 11 July 1929, p40a.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.93
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP093 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998) p96.
National Film Archive Catalogue

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