Cabaret Girl

Date: 1956
Director: Guy Blanchard
Production Company: President Pictures

Stars: The Girls of the Cabaret Club
Location(s): Lancashire, London, Surrey

Region(s): , ,

Storyline:

A documentary about Murray’s Cabaret Club of London, showing the recruitment and training of new girls. The club’s most (in)-famous hostess being Christine Keeler, involved in the Profumo affair of the 1960s.

Additional Information:

Compiled by Neil Webster

Included as an extra on BFI’s release of ‘Scandal’ (1989)

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The documentary begins with a montage of London's neon nightlife. Piccadilly Circus, London W1J

Paul Lincoln commenced his montage in the morning. (RL)

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Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D

Was that arrow indicating the direction of Paul's next location? (RL)

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The London Palladium, Argyll St, London W1F

Paul wonders when that vertical sign we all remember so well was taken down. (RL)

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Empire Leicester Square, Leicester Square, London WC2H

Paul's daylight capture reveals the architecture of the building now that the facade has been simplified. (RL)

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(Odeon) Leicester Square Theatre, Leicester Square, London WC2H

Built in the Art Deco style and completed in 1937, the building has been continually altered in response to developments in cinema technology, and was the first Dolby Cinema in the United Kingdom. Paul Lincoln captures the present incarnation.

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Pigalle Bar, 196 Piccadilly, London W1J

Not quite such an exciting frontage these days. (RL)

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Casanova Restaurant Club & Don Juan Night Club, 52 Grosvenor St, London, W1K

Paul found that nothing remains of the buildings 'lively' past. (RL)

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Members arriving at Murray's Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak St, London W1F

The address is emblazoned on the door. PW

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Casting for new girls extends to Manchester. View from Portland St, Manchester, M1. Looking down Piccadilly towards Market St, with Piccadilly Gardens on the left

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Possibly, Market St in Manchester

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Piccadilly looking towards Market St.

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Bookhams', Jumps Road, Churt, Surrey GU10 2LD Circa 1956

Club Owner, Percival Murray's country pile. A collaboration with Jules Ballantyne finds 'Bookhams', Jumps Road in Churt, Surrey. (RL)

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Bookhams', Jumps Road, Churt, Surrey GU10 2LD Circa 1956

Front view of Murray's home. As per the previous capture, 'Bookhams' on Jumps Road, Churt GU10 2LD. (RL)