Stage Folk Off Stage (1930)
We see some famous actors and actresses during Those off stage moments when footlights no longer glare Paper records state that this story features a garden party but it looks more like some kind of fair. Large crowds of people in the foreground of the first shots, tents in the background. A man standing on a platform bangs a drum. We see Jack Payne in a cheery Six girls in shorts and checked shirts dance to the music played by a few members of the Jack Payne band. Just visible is a poster that reads: BBC Cabaret A fairground ride can be seen in the background. We then see a group of cowboys in very large hats doing some lasso practice the main lasso demonstrator ends his routine by catching his own backside in the lasso M, S of Cedric Hardwicke and Helena Pickard ( ) holding up flowers. Next to be featured is Miss Fay Compton s Dishonoured House. A tent outside of which signs advertise Elixir of Life at 2 6 and Booths Gin. C, U of Fay Compton beckoning people
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