A Flash From “The Gold Diggers“ - The Lyric Comedy - London (1927)

Scenes from the play “The Gold Diggers“ at the Lyric Theatre. “According to Broadway, all the gold digging isn’t confined to Klondike - lots of “diggers“ are in the chorus ranks - !“ Two men and two women walk onto the stage through a curtained entrance. One of the women is Tallulah Bankhead. The men help the girls into their glamorous fur trimmed capes. Another scene featuring Tallulah - she walks onstage arm in arm with a woman in a funny woollen hat. “Miss 1927 - possibly - !“ C/U of woman in drag - she wears a man’s suit. She smokes a cigar and drinks a glass of wine or beer. She smiles at the camera. She looks familiar but is not named. “But the super gold-digger is Jerry Lamar (Tallulah Bankhead) who’s a real high-kicker.“ L/S of Tallulah doing some amazing high kicking. She kicks a top hat out of a man’s hand, she then rushes to embrace another man. “And that’s nothing to the other energetic steps she takes - “ Tallulah does some crazy dancing. Cross between a Charleston and gym