The Real "Black Bottom" Dance 1927

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

Mildred wears a fringed outfit comprising very short shorts and a little bikini top. She does some wild dancing, shaking her money maker and every other part of her body. The dance...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15009
Sort Number:
EP 099
Time in/Out:
01:01:40:00 / 01:03:32:00
Canister:
EP 099
Film ID:
880.02
Issue Date:
08/03/1927

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