Clemson And Valerie Issue Title Is Jane To Jollity (1936)

Pathe Studios, London. International dancing partners, Clemson and Valerie perform dances in a medley of characters from around the World. Various shots of couple dancing a Russian Dance. They wear fur hats and Valerie shakes a tambourine. They then dance a blinkin coster fandango. Various shots of couple doing a kneesup, cockneytype dance. He wears a brown bowler hat and she wears a feather hat. They go on to dance what the narrator describes as a nigger strut. Various shots of couple dancing to a rag time jazz tune. Both wear grotesque masks which make them look like Black racial stereotypes. Appears very racist to modern viewer. Various shots of the couple dancing the sailor s hornpipe. They remove their sailors hats and do a finale dance to tune of Rule Britannia. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR