Olivelli’s (1951)

Near Tottenham Court Road, London. L/Ss of exterior of Olivelli’s restaurant. Good L/Ss (inside restaurant) of Johnny Dennis and Netta Rogers singing. Excellent shots of people sitting down, eating and drinking. Mores shots of the pair singing. People laughing and clapping. M/S of comedian Derek Roy eating with radio star Brian Reece. Roy looks up and smiles at camera. M/Ss of Allen Allen being put into straight jacket. More good shots of variety artist sitting down. C/U internal working of piano as it plays. M/S of Allen (escapologist) - still in straight-jacket. M/S of Charlie Naughton with Hannen Swaffer. M/s of Koringa lying on table with large toy crocodile on top of her. M/S of Felix Mendelssohn at table with two Hula girls. Several more shots of the stars. Man does trick with serviette and budgie. M/S of Adelaide Hall talking to Hannen Swaffer. Nice shots of Adelaide Hall singing ’He’s Got the Whole World in his Hands’. Excellent footage of the stars watching from their tables, they smile and l
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