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Snippets From "Folly To Be Wise" 1931
Description
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....
Data
- 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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