Gaiety Theatre Aka Gaiety Bar Beware Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1957)
Strathearn Place, London. M, S of a man stood behind a bar polishing a glass. L, S of the bar, there are old fashioned posters round the front, the colour scheme is red and gold. A man walks round and goes behind the bar, he is John Hussey, the proprietor, C, U of John reading a programme for the Gaiety Theatre. C, U of the programme, there is a woman dressed as a maid on the front. The narrator explains that John has modelled this bar on the theatre to try and recapture the atmosphere. A lot of the decor, such as the mirrors, main door and pillars, came from the actual theatre. C, U of the bartender s face, C, U of his waistcoat and his hands polishing the glass. M, S of three posters on the front of the bar, two of them say The Orchid and the other one says The Geisha. M, S of a tableau with a fan, a pair of opera glasses, a top hat and a pair of white gloves. M, S of a man greeting an exGaiety girl, 88 year old Flo Hastings. She stands up and looks at a poster on the wall saying The Shop Gi
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