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The World Famous Musical Comedy Artistes Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss in a Selection of their Dances
(1913) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Seymour Hicks [himself], Ellaline Terriss [herself]

[?] Zenith Film Company and/or Topical Budget? production. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production may have been produced in May 1913.

Performance: Dance.

Synopsis: Hicks and Terriss demonstrate the “Bumble Bee Sting” dance; Hicks demonstrates various facial expressions during kissing and taking medicine; Terriss performs her dance from The Model and the Maid with supporting dancers; and Hicks and Terriss perform a song and dance rendition of “Alexander’s Rag Time Band.”

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 29 April 2025.

References: Film viewing : with additional information provided by David E. Miller.