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MS SUAVE MAURICE CHEVALIER IN TUX AND TRADE MARK
STRAW HAT, WALKS ONTO SCENE IN LES ALLE, TAKES RED FLOWER FROM PUSH CART, PUTS IT INTO LAPEL BUTTON HOLE. THEN TELLS STORY OF "ENCHANTED BANQUETTE". HE SAYS, "LIKE ALL FAIRY STORIES IT STARTS WITH "ONCE UPON A TIME" |
| 00:05:13 140.47 |
ABOVE VIEW STREET SCENE IN LES ALLE, WOMEN OF THE
NIGHT WALKING THE STREETS., MAN GIVES THEM A LOOK OVER. |
| 00:05:50 177.47 |
MALE STREET GANG ENTER SCENE (MODERN DANCE STYLE).
ALL SCATTER INTO THE BUILDINGS EXCEPT ONE AS YOUNG MALE POTENTIAL VICTIM, EXITS CAFE, WALKS (DANCE) TOWARDS ALLEY. |
| 00:06:24 211.47 |
UPON SIGNAL ( WHISTLE) GANG MEMBER APPROACHES
VICTIM, BACKS HIM AGAINST FENCE, ASKS FOR CIGARETTE LIGHT. MS AS VICTIM LIGHTS CIGARETTE, FEMALE HAND COMES OUT BETWEEN FENCE BOARDS, (CU ZOOM IN) PICKS WALLET FROM VICTIM'S POCKET. |
| 00:06:54 241.47 |
FEMALE "VENDORS" ENTER SCENE PUSHING VARIETY OF
FRUIT, VEGETABLE CARTS, CARRYING BASKETS OF PRODUCE. (SONG, DANCE SCENE), VARIOUS STREET SCENES VENDORS SELLING THEIR WARES AS GANG MEMBERS PICK THEIR POCKETS. (SINGING IN FRENCH). |
| 00:08:21 328.47 |
STREET CROWD WAVES, DANCE TO YOUNG MAN (DIRK
SANDERS) DELIVERING RED SOFA TO CAFE ON VINTAGE RED AUTO ACCOMPANY CAR TO CAFE. ALL DANCE ALONGSIDE AUTO AS IT SLOWLY MOVES TO CAFE.. DANCERS LIFT RED VELVET SOFA OFF TRUCK, PLACE IT IN STREET AS YOUNG MAN, SEVERAL DANCERS CHECK OUT COMFORT OF SOFA, FINALLY THEY LIFT AND TAKE IT INTO CAFE. |
| 00:09:56 423.47 |
AT SOUND OF SIGNAL (WHISTLE) THE STREET GANG
FORCES YOUNG MAN AGAINST FENCE, FOR PICK-POCKET SCAM ON HIM. AS FEMALE'S HAND REACHES FOR HIS POCKET, HE GRABS IT, IMMEDIATELY FALLS IS INFATUATED WITH HAND, KISSES, FONDLES, HAND. GANG MEMBERS THINK HE'S CRAZY, LEAVE SCENE. HAND SLOWLY PULLS BACK, MAN SADLY WALKS AWAY AND INTO CAFE. |
| 00:11:01 488.47 |
DRIVER WALKS INTO CAFE TO FIND PEOPLE SADLY
STANDING AROUND LONG RED CAFE OWNER GESTURES SOFA IS TO BIG FOR CAFE, GESTURES BIG SIGH. ALL IN CAFE GESTURE BIG SIGH IN UNISON. AT YOUNG MAN'S DIRECTION MEN, WOMEN TRY TO FIT CHAIR IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN CAFE TO NO AVAIL. ALL SIGH AGAIN. |
| 00:11:57 544.47 |
MAN GRABS SAW, IS STOPPED BY ALL FROM SAWING
SOFA IN HALF. HE THEN ASKS FOR AXE, CHOPS HOLE IN WALL, LEADING TO NEXT DOOR, SOFA FITS NEATLY AGAINST WALL WITH EXCESS LENGTH STICKING IN HOLE, ALL CHEER, HAVE DRINKS ON HOUSE, AT BAR. YOUNG MAN DANCES MODERN BALLET WITH GIRLS. GROUPS JOIN IN. CROWD LEAVES CAFE. |
| 00:14:32 699.47 |
TIRED MAN FALLS ASLEEP ON RED SOFA. FEMALE HAND
COMES OUT OF HOLE IN WALL, FONDLES HIS FACE. HAND GRABS SOFA AND WITH YOUNG MAN ASLEEP ON IT, PULLS IT THROUGH HOLE TO HER ROOM ON OTHER SIDE OF WALL. YOUNG MAN AWAKENS, MEETS FEMALE GANG LEADER (ZIZI JEANMAIRE).SHE BALLETS AROUND ROOM. YOUNG MAN FINDS GANG MEMBERS IN EACH CLOSET OF ROOM. |
| 00:16:41 828.47 |
GIRL SHOWS GANG MEMBERS ALL OF HER LOOT FROM
PICKING POCKETS, INCLUDING SEVERAL DIAMOND NECKLACES. SHE GRABS NECKLACE, THEY CHASE HER AROUND ROOM, SHE SWALLOWS NECKLACE. |
| 00:17:22 869.47 |
ANGRY GANG PUSH HER AROUND, SEARCH HER THEN PICK
HER UP, TURN HER UPSIDE DOW, SHAKE HER IN ATTEMPT TO GET HER TO REGURGITATE DIAMONDS, THEY BEGIN TO BEAT HER. GANG LEAVES. |
| 00:18:19 926.47 |
YOUNG MAN, GIRL IN LOVE SCENE (DO PASSIONATE
BALLET) |
| 00:22:21 1168.47 |
DANCE IS INTERRUPTED BY SOUND OF GANG RETURNING.
SHE HIDES YOUNG MAN. GANG COMES IN SHE GIVES THEM DIAMOND, THEY REJOICE, DANCE AROUND ROOM,. AS THEY DO THAT SHE SNATCHES DIAMOND, THEY CHASE HER, YOUNG MAN ENTERS, FIGHTS THE AS SHE ADMIRES DIAMOND. |
| 00:24:08 1275.47 |
YOUNG MAN GRABS CHAIR, KNOCKS GANG OUT WITH ONE
BLOW HE GRABS DIAMOND FROM GIRL'S HAND, RUNS OUT OF ROOM. |
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POLICEMAN DANCING IN STREET (ACROBATIC BASKET)
YOUNG MAN JOINS IN BALLET. HE THAN DANCERS WITH DIAMOND NECKLACE IN HAND. HE RUNS TO FENCE, HOLDS UP NECKLACE TO FENCE, GIRL COMES OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BOARDS, FOLLOWED BY GANG. |
| 00:27:00 1447.47 |
MS GIRL SWALLOWS NECKLACE,.BIG BALLET STREET SCENE
WITH BOY, GIRL MANY FEMALE DANCERS, DANCERS WITH LAUNDRY BASKETS. |
| 00:28:05 1512.47 |
GIRL KISSES GANG MEMBERS GOODBYE. YOUNG MAN, FEMALE
GANG LEADER RIDE OFF IN VINTAGE CAR. |
| 00:28:29 1536.47 |
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Genre: DANCE
Description: CYd CHARISSE, MAURICE CHEVALIER, MOIRA SHEARER, ZIZI JEANMAIRE,AND ROLAND PETIT'S BALLET DE PARIS. BALLET MUNDO FILM, 1950S STYLISH BALLET, PERFORMANCES FILMED IN TECHNICOLOR. CHEVALIER NARRATES A "FAIRY" STORY, "THE LEGEND OF THE ENCHANTED BANQUETTE (LONG RED SOFA)". WHICH SMALL CAFE OWNER DREAMED OF HAVING ALL HIS LIFE. WHEN HE FINALLY GETS IT, IT'S TOO LONG FOR THE SMALL CAFE. STORY ALSO TELLS OF FEMALE STREET GANG LEADER, WHO EATS DIAMONDS (FAIRY TALE) ALL TAKES PLACE IN "LES ALLE", WHERE ALL TOWN COMES FOR ITS MARKETING. (NO DIALOG)
