Dance Doings

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

500

Date Released

1 Jan 1931

Length of issue (in feet)

872

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

NoS synopsis: "To really enjoy the dance "doings" in this picture you need youth and pep -" C/U of a woman in a clown or Pierrot costume. She smiles at the camera and takes a bow. "Our dainty friend "Mahala" goes a step further when the slow-camera appears -" L/S of the woman as she performs a dance routine. She does strange acrobatic stuff like jumping up and landing on her knees. She does the splits in a Cossack style. Lots of high kicks. It is a very fast routine involving lots of gymnastic and acrobatic steps. The dancer’s name is Mahala and we see her routine in slow motion. It looks as though she is dancing in the Pathe Studio. "But, the real dance "doings’ commenced when our new stop-camera started!" Mahala does a hand stand then the film "freezes" while she is in mid air. She jumps up and the camera freezes again.

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathe boxfile.

Keywords

Music and dance

Footage sources

Pathe Re-issue

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly 7 January 1931, p25.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.203
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP203
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile Issue sheet

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

164

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