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Topsey Turvey (1926)
 

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35mm, black and white, 4 mins
 
DirectorBertram Phillips
Production CompanyDe Forest Phonofilms

Cast: Arthur Roberts

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Comic song.

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Featuring Arthur Roberts (now 74 years old) reprising his 'Topsey Turvey', a song which he originally sang in the 1890s in his show 'HMS Irresponsible'. It follows the traditional form of the music hall comic song, including a long middle sequence with the comedian miming a woman undressing in a bathing machine

Bryony Dixon

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Film and Music Hall