Danny Kaye 10 Royal Command Rehearsal (1948)

Comedian / film star / singer Danny Kaye in rehearsal for Royal Command Performance 1948 - London Palladium. Unedited footage / cuts / rushes / out takes. M/S of Danny Kaye just after making his entrance onto the stage, with jazz band on stage playing a swing tune. Looks like rehearsal - no applause, no stage make-up. Danny gives the band the signal to stop and says “Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the casino...“. He gets the band to lean one way and the other - laughter from the few people in the audience. Danny runs through ’Ballin’ The Jack’ - not a full-on version. Fascinating to see him in rehearsal like this. He smiles at people watching (unseen). Excellent footage of Danny in a more subdued mood than usual (would also make great candid stills). During the song he asks if the lights are just for the photography and says to someone in the audience “You didn’t make me laugh!“. At the end of the song he gets a round of applause from the unseen people watching, and acknowledge