Dancers Grotesque And Dainty (1930)

Extracts from Victoria Vanities a cabaret show at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London. First we see Beauties and the a jocular contrast, with the English Dancing Beauties and The English Dancing Beauties wear feathered hats and short costumes. Odeon is a man in a pigs outfit wearing a chefs hat and apron. Odeon and the girls do a dance. Odeon flaps his ears and wiggles his nose. The girls do some box steps and knee lifts. The Super Grotesque the Amorous Turk falls for the Dancer. (Laurie A huge inflatable Turkish man smokes a hookah whilst Laurie dances on top of it. The Turk s ears wiggle and his eyes boggle at the sight of Laurie s sexy dance quite a bizarre sight. We then see The Birth of Mauve by the Albertina Rasch A line of chorus girls dressed in ballet tutus and walking on their points moves across the stage. they do a high kick routine. Low angle shot shows off their legs. Was an item in Eve s Film Review issue number