Jack Stanford 1935

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Titles read: 'NOW Pathe Pictorial has pleasure in presenting - THE KING OF ECCENTRIC DANCERS - JACK STANFORD in one of his famous novelty dances'.

Pathe Studio, London.

Great footage of rubber-limbed eccentric dancer Jack Stanford doing a funny dance to the 'Hungarian Rhapsody'. He...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
52154
Sort Number:
PSP 897
Time in/Out:
01:58:22:00 / 02:00:20:00
Canister:
PSP 897
Film ID:
1644.30
Issue Date:
13/06/1935

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  • Well, it certainly looks like Hal Sherman's dance routine to me! It's almost step-for-Moonwalk-step.

    Alice (Sherman) Simpson

    DramaQueenLA 3rd Jun 2012

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