SLEEPING BEAUTY 1940, the
Evelyn Laye (principal boy) and Harry Gordon (dame) lead the audience in “How high can a Fly fly”. Members of the audience appear as part of the performance. (clip)
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Title: SLEEPING BEAUTY 1940, the
Reference number: 1145
Date: 1937* - 1940
Director: [amateur film made by friend of Harry Gordon]
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bwcol
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 16.06 mins
Description:
Shots of pantomime "Sleeping Beauty" at the Alhambra in Glasgow featuring Harry Gordon as the "Queen" and Alec Finlay as the "King".
[See SCAN website for records of material associated with Harry Gordon, Alec Finlay, Evelyn Laye and the Alhambra Theatre]
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:
cast : Marjorie Browne, Alec Finlay, Harry Gordon, Jack Holden, Evelyn Laye & Hilda Meacham
Shotlist: No credits. [B/W] Shots inside theatre of the orchestra (0.06); man dressed as clown in spotlight (0.14) chorus dance and scene with female comic (0.58) brief skit (1.26) scene with Evelyn Laye, as principle boy (2.33) further gvs scenes during pantomime "Sleeping Beauty", including Harry Gordon as the "Queen" and Alec Finlay as the "King" (5.18) ms [from wings] scene with Laye and Gordon (6.14); [Col.] shots of chorus dancing; ms Harry Gordon as "Queen"; repeat scene with Gordon and Finlay (8.20); [B/W] scene with Sleeping Beauty and the court fall asleep (10.05) ls King and Queen wake up, dishevelled (10.25) [COL] scene with slumbering sleeping beauty and principle boy (12.25) HG in skit involving recruiter standing behind posters advertising "Territorial Service" (13.05) Harry Gordon and Evelyn Laye lead the audience in a song; HG jumps off stage and hugs sailor; Laye conducting audience beside stage lyric sheet ["How high does a fly fly"]; ls HG holding up a child from audience on stage (13.54) [dark] King and Queen (14.24) c/u Evelyn Laye, signing autograph book backstage, still in costume and stage makeup (14.29); Finale (16.06)