Alexis And Isoldie AKA Alexis And Isolde 1936

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Alexis and Isolde.

Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London.

M/S as Alexis holds Isolde in the air while she plucks a stringed instrument (possibly a lute). Various shots as he performs acrobatic lifts and holds as she plays. They bow at the end.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41769
Sort Number:
NSP 036
Time in/Out:
01:56:46:00 / 01:58:55:00
Canister:
NSP 36
Film ID:
1224.39
Issue Date:
03/12/1936

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