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Quick Change Act (1908)
 

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Main image of Quick Change Act (1908)
 
35mm, black and white, silent, 118 feet
 
Production CompanyCharles Urban Trading Company

Behind the scenes in a music hall, a performer changes costume.

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Three men are seen on a set, apparently behind the scenes in a theatre. A man dressed as a devil rushes in and the three of them help him to change out of that costume into a suit. He powders his face as they rush about him. He knocks all three of them over as he grabs a concertina and races back on to the stage.

Like Letty Limelight in Her Lair (1903), this is probably an entr'acte film, used by Percy Honri, the virtuoso concertina player, to cover a difficult costume change in his musical show 'Concordia'.

Bryony Dixon

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SEE ALSO
Lettie Limelight in Her Lair (aka Miss Bayley) (1900)
A Year in Film: 1908
Film and Music Hall