Underplayed Gems

Walking on Air

Walking on Air poster
Genre
musical film
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How it feels

A young woman dreams of being a ballerina while she works in a nightclub variety show. The film features jazz music, songs, tap dance, and comedy routines by a cast that includes many African American performers.

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What happens

Walking on Air is a British musical film featuring jazz, songs, dance, tap dance, and variety comedy routines including several performances by African American performers. Starring performers include Johnny Worthy, Bertie Jarrett, Sonny Thomas, Ray Ellington, The Skating Avalons, singer Jill Allen singing "Honeysuckle Rose", Maudie Edwards, Myrette Moreven, Miki Hood, Jasmine Dee, Lauderic Caton, Coleridge Goode, and Freddie Crump on drums. The Huntley Film Archives have extended clips from the film. Aveling Ginever directed. Ginever, Johnny Worth and Val Guest wrote the screenplay. An obituary for Peter Noble describes the film as having been virtually unseen. It debuted Susan Shaw, then known as Patsy Sloots. The film was made at Marylebone Studios in London. The film was described as having plenty of dancing but a thin storyline about an aspiring ballerina who is working in a variety show at a night club. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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