Gala! 1931

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This is a fascinating glimpse of cabaret entertainment in an early '30s West End nightclub.

Full titles read: "Gala! Filmed at the Cafe de Paris. On with the dance, and the more crowded, the merrier, even though pretty frocks are submerged in the scene. Eddie Gross-Bart's Boys are playing."

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37093
Sort Number:
PT 090
Time in/Out:
01:24:19:00 / 01:29:46:00
Canister:
PT 090
Film ID:
1044.14
Issue Date:
14/12/1931

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