Rehearsal For Pantomime (1946)

Unissued / unused material - location and date unclear or unknown. Oxford, Oxfordshire. Preparations are under way for a traditional Christmas Pantomime. MS Actress having her dress pinned up by a costume designer. Other costumes being produced. MS The children troupe receiving instructions from Miss Kirkwright, the dancing mistress and Bertram Montague. CU of models for set design. VS of rehearsals - both acting and singing. More shots of costume being made and tried on. More dancing and rehearsals. We then get to see the full stage set - a pantomime castle. MS Jill Manners, presumably the principal boy, the panto Dame, and other members of the cast show their costumes to Bertram Montague. More shots of the sets being changed - good theatre stuff. VS of Child actors being given instruction. (Cuts from 46/100) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.