Miss Betty Siddons (1929 1931)

No titles. Miss Betty Siddons doing exercises. Probably filmed in Pathe Studio, London. An attractive young woman, Betty Siddons, lies in bed on set dressed to look like a bedroom. She gets out of bed (great 20s pyjamas) and puts on a dressing gown or kimono. She stretches them walks out of shot. She walks back into shot, wearing a vest and shorts (with high heels) beneath her dressing gown. She says Now for the daily dozen and takes off the gown. She holds onto the back of a chair and does some knee bends, squats and kicks out to the side. She then turns to us and says Now between ourselves, don t you sometimes feel a bit stiff when you bend Just there . She shows us an exercise standing with the legs apart she bends down to put her head between her knees She says we must keep our knees straight and does it again in profile. Then a swinging exercise with the arms looks like one of those I must increase my bust routines. Then Betty lies on the ground and does a kind of s