Snippets From "Folly To Be Wise" 1931

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Chorus girls do a dance on stage. The new Piccadilly Theatre Review "Folly to be Wise" in London.

Mary Eaton dances an acrobatic ballet sequence. Nelson Keys makes a lightening change in "he who gets sacked!" - actor seen backstage putting on a wig and attending to his make-up and costume....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14650
Sort Number:
EP 050
Time in/Out:
01:09:55:00 / 01:14:00:00
Canister:
EP 050
Film ID:
850.06
Issue Date:
22/01/1931

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