Wilson, Keppel And Betty - From ’london Clubs And Cabarets - Trocadero Restaurant’ (1933)

Wilson, Keppel and Betty - ’London Clubs and Cabarets - Trocadero Restaurant’ in PT 164. This is duplicate section from the above story. We join the story when a small group of girls are dancing in a chorus line on the stage. Intertitle: ’A smile with Wilson & Keppel’. L/Ss of Wilson and Keppel doing their famous Egyptian comedy sand dance. The both wear little tunics and Egyptian head-dresses. It’s very funny. Man backstage looks through curtain. Intertitle reads: ’And Wilson, Keppel & Betty “break in“ - ’. Wilson and Keppel do a funny dance up and down some steps on the stage (to a kind of hoe-down tune), then Betty (in sparkly and skimpy two-piece costume) joins them for a fast finale to their act, danced to ’Tiger Rag’. One cutaway shot shows a man backstage zipping up a mask on his head so he looks like an African man. Intertitle reads: ’And the grand finale brings down the curtain - ’. Woman in a white tuxedo with top hat and cane walks on stage and strikes a pose. Curtain is drawn back to show a line of men in evening dress, top hats and canes (and African face masks) standing in the same pose, ready to start dance finale. Part duplicate of item in Pathetone PT 164 - see separate record for details. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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