Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Paramount
D-6315
SR005052_01_05.mov
8/1/1954
Ice Capades preview: Donna Atwood and Bobby Specht perform; comedy duo and skaters in "Little Sheba" big dog costume
Title "Dancing Skates - Cream of Ice Performers" superimposed over skaters on rink / Ice Capades performers on lit ice stage / skaters / performance in circle / performers / legs of women skating to camera / performers / audience applauding / Jackson and Lyman perform comedy act on ice / they sit on back of couch and fall backwards through window with picture of Eiffel Tower; then blackout / skating duo Donna Atwood and Bobby Specht perform / Atwood in solo number / she turns with leg out / CU Atwood spinning / spinning and finishing / audience applauds / skaters in big dog costume narrator calls Little Sheba doing routine / crowd applauding / dog fluttering eyelashes then skating off / dog steps over barrier and up an aisle in audience, voice over says Come Back Little Sheba / Note: exact day not known
Donna Atwood, Bobby Specht
United States
New Jersey
Atlantic City

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