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Scenes in a English dance hall - 1938
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:04 pm
by Eyeball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPuTeGoD ... re=related
@ the 41:30, 45:30 and 55:00 - so far.
Anyone know the tune at the 55:00 mark? Very familiar. *Ooops. Got it! Fats Waller also recorded it.
This film is quite good. Better than many Brit films of the era.
THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT - No relation to the US film of the same name.
**Haydn - can you tell me what "lorry girls" were? No Wiki entry. Just heard ginger brandy being ordered. intriguing! And so are Camp Coffee and Mazawattee Tea.
Re: Scenes in a English dance hall - 1938
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:38 am
by Haydn
Eyeball wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPuTeGoD ... re=related
@ the 41:30, 45:30 and 55:00 - so far.
Anyone know the tune at the 55:00 mark? Very familiar. *Ooops. Got it! Fats Waller also recorded it.
This film is quite good. Better than many Brit films of the era.
THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT - No relation to the US film of the same name.
**Haydn - can you tell me what "lorry girls" were? No Wiki entry. Just heard ginger brandy being ordered. intriguing! And so are Camp Coffee and Mazawattee Tea.
No idea - sorry. I like the dance clips from the film though - set in a 'Palais de Dance' (fancy name for Dance Hall) of which there were many in British towns in the early 20th Century. I think the interior they use in the film might be a studio set, but I think it was fairly typical of the classier dance halls at that time. A few of these dance halls still survive I think, but nowadays they will tend to be used for other things.
This article about a film called Dance Hall helps explain the history.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Hall_(film)"
Re: Scenes in a English dance hall - 1938
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:17 pm
by Eyeball
Haydn wrote:
No idea - sorry. I like the dance clips from the film though - set in a 'Palais de Dance' (fancy name for Dance Hall) of which there were many in British towns in the early 20th Century. I think the interior they use in the film might be a studio set, but I think it was fairly typical of the classier dance halls at that time. A few of these dance halls still survive I think, but nowadays they will tend to be used for other things.
This article about a film called Dance Hall helps explain the history.
"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Hall_(film)"
Thx for the info. As depicted in the film, "lorry girls" seem to be woman who hitch rides with truckers for rides or partying or sex or other such rewards.
I am looking for DANCE HALL (the British film) on line, but nothing so far except this clip. Ted Heath plays a weird tune and Geraldo plays like a Tommy Dorsey ballad circa 1940.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek2ZNOCbaZY
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:43 pm
by Eyeball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... MY#at=2865
@ 47:20 - jitterbugging in England 1944. This is quite a good film so far. Comedy w fantasy elements.
Don't Take It To Heart (1944) Richard Greene & David Horne
Re: Scenes in a English dance hall - 1938
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:04 am
by Haydn
Eyeball wrote:Haydn wrote:
No idea - sorry. I like the dance clips from the film though - set in a 'Palais de Dance' (fancy name for Dance Hall) of which there were many in British towns in the early 20th Century. I think the interior they use in the film might be a studio set, but I think it was fairly typical of the classier dance halls at that time. A few of these dance halls still survive I think, but nowadays they will tend to be used for other things.
This article about a film called Dance Hall helps explain the history.
"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Hall_(film)"
Thx for the info. As depicted in the film, "lorry girls" seem to be woman who hitch rides with truckers for rides or partying or sex or other such rewards.
I am looking for DANCE HALL (the British film) on line, but nothing so far except this clip. Ted Heath plays a weird tune and Geraldo plays like a Tommy Dorsey ballad circa 1940.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek2ZNOCbaZY
Nothing else I can find online. Apparently the film may be released on dvd soon. Here's some more info -
http://www.petulaclark.net/films/dancehall.html
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:40 am
by Eyeball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d1qgtLtS6s
Yet another film - dance sequence at 1:07 with a bit of lively dancing at the end. Several scenes in a music-record shop, as well. Good film.
It Always Rains On Sunday - Googie Withers, Jack Warner 1947
Re: Scenes in a English dance hall - 1938
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:17 pm
by Eyeball
Thx. I read somewhere that Pet Clark turns 80 y/o this year...astonishing! I bought her 45rpm disc of DOWNTOWN when I was a kid in jr high school.
The film looks interesting. It was released 3 years after IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY, so it should cover a lot of the same territory.