Londons Famous Clubs And Cabarets No. 3 (1926)
The Metropole Midnight Follies is the featured club in this story. Jay Whidden s melody makers lure the dancers on. We see couples dancing and a C, U of a man playing a violin. More shots of people on the dance floor and sitting at tables talking. We then visit Follyland: A group of chorus girls in night wear do a high kick routine. More chorus girls dance do high kicks with a man in a suit. Waiting for You is the name of the routine. Bobby Howes and Tim O Connor perform a comedy skit called The Waiter and the Guest shot missing. Vera performs high kicks, cartwheels and the splits in slow motion. Dancers perform Pompadour in costumes reminiscent of the days of Marie Antoinette. Tex McLeod spins a lasso whilst wearing a suit. We see his act a second time in slow motion. Estelle Brody and Rupert Rogers perform shot missing. Tim O Connor performs an acrobatic comedy dance. Elsie Percival does an impression of Hal Sherman chorus girls wave in the background. Edna Maude danc
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