Scenes in a English dance hall - 1938

[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.

[Haydn]

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.

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Hall_(film)"

[Eyeball]

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

[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

[Haydn]

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

[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

[Eyeball]

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

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.