Indian Rubber Muscles

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
371
Date Released
12 Jul 1928
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
NoS Summary - Miss Rita Nugent from "So This is Love" dances.
British Pathe synopsis: Miss Reita Mugent (according to paper records) performs an "Indian Rubber Muscles" dance. Dance includes acrobatics, cartwheels, high-kicks, C/U of Reita winking at the camera, balletic turns, etc. There is an unusual top shot of Reita walking on her hands which seems pretty saucy and voyeuristic. An intertitle reads: "The all-revealing slow-camera proves that Miss Nugent shows perfect form in every action." We see her spin in slow motion. "So long as Eve can go through this "routine" she need never fear Old Man Avoirdupois." Slow motion of part of the dance where Reita does a handstand and cartwheels, showing her legs, stocking tops and knickers.
Keywords
Music and dance
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   19 July 1928 p50.
The Bioscope   18 July 1928 p54.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.97
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP097 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998)   p190.
National Film Archive Catalogue
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'Indian Rubber Muscles', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 371, 12 Jul 1928. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/331917 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)