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Swingin' London: The New Mayfair Orch. - Do Something, 1929

The New Mayfair Orchestra (Ray Noble) with Vocal Chorus -- Do Something, Fox Trot from the Film "Nothing But The Truth" (Green - Stept) HMV 1929 (UK) NOTE: The photoshow is devoted to the important cultural phenomenon, which appeared among the elitary circles in England, during the Roaring Twenties. It was called the "Bright Young People" (also called the Bright Young Things) - the informal and very socially and culturally influential group, which was consisted by young aristocrats and socialites of the 1920's in London. They were the first that refused to adopt the lifestyle of their parents and their contemporaries. So all they did was partying dressed in extravagant outfits. They didn't want people to take them seriously and they certainly didn't. People considered their lifestyle decadent. Although homosexuality was illegal in the 1920s, gay and lesbian affairs were very common among them. So, organizing theme parties was a good excuse for men to put make up and dress up. Men used to dress like women and women as men. Having such an excessive lifestyle, they became a brand. Newspapers loved them and included them very often in their pages. People were amused by them. They were the celebrities of their time. "Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary" - wrote Cecil Beaton, one of the BYP gurus. Cecil Beaton will always be remembered for his huge influence on the world of photography and fashion. His incredible works personified elegance and grace- but his personal behavior was at times, anything but. He was not known to be a loyal friend, a humble talent or a genuine soul of any sort. In fact, his persona and image was a self-creation-- fabricated with great calculation to gain him access to the world that was just beyond his reach. Another Outstanding figure of the Bright Young People was Stephen Tennant. He was a young aristocrat and the "the most androgynous man of his generation". He was seen as an "artificial creation". Stephen Tennant was born in his parents' faux Jacobean manor, Wilsford, in 1906. He grew up devoted to his mother and even more, to his nanny. Despite his delicate health (tuberculosis), he had the means and encouragement to develop his talents for drawing and writing alongside his boundless curiosity and stupendously camp persona. He was 21 when he had published a book of poetry, exhibited his drawings in London, seen Caruso sing in New York, watched Sarah Bernhardt in Paris, proposed marriage (to be politely but practically declined) and c o-created the Bright Young People. Nowadays people think of him as "the Bowie of his age". He is also known for spending most of his life in bed.