Filmed At Italian Roof Garden (1931)
Whether their parts are grave or gay moviecamera folk always enjoy a genial Panning shot of diners at tables beside a dance floor. They are all dressed very glamorously. Moyna McGill and Queenie Thomas M, S of two tables of smartly dressed folk. Moyna in the foreground smokes a cigarette. And Florence Turner and Stuart Blackton see if you can recognise them A table of diners seen in C, U. One woman wears an incredible headdress with lots of peacock feathers and beaded fringe. One of the men (who wears a monocle) holds up a lit match and a woman in the foreground blows it out. The snowfight in one episode beats the last Tube The smartly dressed folk stand on the dance floor then suddenly run towards a pile of white pom poms. They grab handfuls of the snowballs then begin throwing them at each other. M, S of the dance floor as couples glide around cheek to cheek. Some of the partygoers are in fancy dress including one couple dressed as pierrots.
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