The Bigger The Noise, The Bigger The Welcome! (1928)

Full titles read: “The bigger the noise... the bigger the welcome! - and the Native Warriors put it “all in“, in their dance of welcome to Miss Sybil Thorndyke [sic].“ South Africa. M/S of lines of African men in striped tops playing xylophones; M/S of African men in the same costumes doing a traditional dance to welcome actress Sybil Thorndike. L/S of Sybil sitting in a spectator box with some other people. More shots of the traditional dancing and men playing xylophones and maraca-type instruments. Note: the correct spelling of Dame Sybil’s surname is Thorndike. 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 (1926-19