The Real "Black Bottom" Dance 1927

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THIS DIGIBETA VERSION HAS BEEN MADE FROM THE PRINT - VERSION ON TAPE *PM0880* WILL PROBABLY BE BETTER QUALITY AS TAKEN FROM THE NEGATIVE.

Miss Mildred Melrose, a well known dancer at the Piccadilly Cabaret demonstrates the "real" Black Bottom dance.

Mildred wears a fringed outfit...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
37553
Sort Number:
EP 099
Time in/Out:
02:01:24:00 / 02:03:17:00
Canister:
EP 099
Film ID:
1082.19
Issue Date:
08/03/1927

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