Danny Kaye 9 Royal Command Performance (1948)

Comedian, film star, singer Danny Kaye in action at Royal Command Performance 1948 London Palladium. Unedited footage, cuts, rushes, out takes. M, S of theatre programme on the lap ( ) of a lady in the audience at the show. Danny Kaye on stage taking bows to huge applause. When applause dies down he says it s very nice to be back home at the Palladium. Cut to Danny singing comical, tonguetwisting song. (Most of this is duplicate from footage in Danny Kaye 2, but closer shots good ) He makes reference to his hair looking like Hannen Swaffer s (theatre critic). Danny does funny business, conducting the band and then singing Tip Toe Through The Tulips while stomping his feet. He does impression of a child speaking and then runs over to the band conductor and hugs him. Walking back to the microphone he starts to introduce a song about a young man, very interested in the ballet. M, Ss of Danny speaking, singing and gesticulating some of this footage would make great stills. The song,