Extracts from the theatrical show "Good News" at the Carlton Theatre in London.
Chorus girls lean forwards and clap their hands as Michael Tripp (?) performs a comedy dance routine on stage. This is presumably a skit on the Charleston as he does all sorts of silly, mad steps. Very fast, nutty...
Extracts from the theatrical show "Good News" at the Carlton Theatre in London.
Chorus girls lean forwards and clap their hands as Michael Tripp (?) performs a comedy dance routine on stage. This is presumably a skit on the Charleston as he does all sorts of silly, mad steps. Very fast, nutty dancing ensues - quite funny. Intertitle reads: "Mixed Colleges mean mixed dances. The "Varsity Drag" provides the mixture."
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