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French Nightclub Acts, 1920s - Archive Film 1000840

This film is available to license from our website at Huntley Film Archives, by searching for film 1000840 in our Film # search bar: https://www.huntleyarchives.com/ Casino De Paris and Follies Bergieres. French nightclub acts 1920's (Appears to be running back-to-front probably for artistic effect). Dancers Kniaseff and Drosdoff in an Egyptian Dance.Illuminated on black stage, two men kneel in ancient Egyptian-type character pose. They wear loin cloths and turbans/headress. They dance together in highly dramatic and stylised way. There are lifts and jumps between them. The moves are balletic with a strong homoerotic energy to them. The dance becomes highly physical, with repeated spins and lifts. The hand and leg movements remain angular and classical in style. There is a similarity here to the style of dance found in the choreography of Vaslav Nijinsky. The Temple of Venus. The chorus line of the Casino de Paris are dressed in short, tight fitting shiny gold outfits. They are linked in a line and move aside with elaborate footwork to reveal posed performers behind. It is as if they are a human curtain beginning the show. There are many women posed in short silver tunics with long shiny gold material from their shoulders to the ground. They wear silver spiked headdress'. The poses are stately and proud, they face away. In the middle stands women draped in gold fabric, looking towards the camera. She looks of regal importance, or is perhaps Venus herself. 01:02:16 (Appears to be running back-to-front). Muted colour. Excerpt of Josephine Baker Plantation Dance. A stage setting of a country scene. A painted backdrop showing cotton, flowers and trees. A three-piece band sit at the back; a saxophonist,a banjo player and a drummer. They wear overalls and sun hats. Josephine enters in tight shorts with braces and ragged white shirt;she then performs an incredibly physical and elaborate dance sequence. She does the splits, rolls on the floor,jumps, gesticulates, claps and pulls faces. There are many clear examples of classic Charleston early swing dance moves to be seen here. (Appears to be running back-to-front). A chorus line of girls wearing cute Pierrot -type oufits with pointed hats. They are sat on chairs Huntley Film Archives is a film library holding tens of thousands of films. The large majority of the films are documentaries. Films cover a wide range of subjects and production dates range from the 1890’s to the 2020’s. As with all libraries we make no judgement on the content of our holdings and make them available for educational purposes for all to see. Films may have content or express opinions some may think inappropriate or offensive, but it is not the work of a library to censor educational resources. Films should be viewed with historical objectivity and within a context relevant to the times in which they were produced