Gold And Cordell Issue Title - Drawing The… 1939

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Note: Probably filmed in the Pathe studio.

Various shots of famous ballroom dancers Al Gold and Lola Cordell doing a fast exhibition ballroom dance. Various shots of them dancing, trick shots showing the couple in duplicate and then triplicate.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42772
Sort Number:
NSP 191
Time in/Out:
01:12:54:00 / 01:14:37:00
Canister:
NSP 191
Film ID:
1282.08
Issue Date:
30/11/1939

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