Strong Man Beware Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1959)

Joe Bloom s Gymnasium, London. C, U shot of a man cleaning teeth. C, U shot of a lower rung of a chair. The man bites the rung and lifts the chair while a girl is sitting on it. The man is Butty Sugrue, the strongest man in Ireland and, many think, in whole Europe informs a voiceover. Several shots of Butty turning around with the chair and the girl still in his mouth. The girl is Margaret Ross, a young singer. Butty does most of his training in Joe Bloom s gymnasium in London. M, S of Butty lifting the weights. Margaret sits on the weights and Butty cheerfully moves around, calling two young men to join Margaret. They come and stand one at each side of a weight and Butty lifts them all and spins them around. On Butty s left is Noel Cantwell, captain of West Ham football team, and on his right is entertainer Joe Lynch. Two men hug so Butty can attach a belt around their shoulders. He, then lifts the belt and men from the ground and spins them. Cut to C, U shot of a man s face former World s f