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Title: BEACH PAVILION, ABERDEEN AND FAMILY c1926

Reference number: 1151

Date: 1926 / 1927

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 7.30 mins

Description: Harry Gordon and company star in a variety show at the Beach Pavilion, Aberdeen.

Research undertaken as part of the 'Pantomime in Scotland Project' at Glasgow University: https://www.gla.ac.uk/subjects/filmtelevision/projectsandnetworks/pantomimeinscotland/pantomimeonfilm/ [last accessed 15/12 2021]

See also Scottish Theatre Archive at Glasgow University: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/collections/STA/index.html [last accessed 15/12/2021]

Credits: [Made by amateur cinematographer, friend of Harry Gordon. Mostly shot inside various theatres.]

Shotlist: No credits. Shots of variety show at the Beach Pavilion, Aberdeen. Harry Gordon and company on stage (1.22); brief shot car passing by waving crowds; General views in garden of Harry's house in Aberdeen (2.06) HG's grandson rides his tricycle in garden, and plays around for the camera. (3.08) Bunty Gordon performs a dance to camera, in costume (3.44) More shots of the toddler running, riding his trike, with Bunty playing to camera in different costume (4.31) Bunty and a friend walk through a wood with the boy, who drives his toy car and tricycle (6.50)