Girl doing cigarette manipulations

[fabfourgroupie]

wish i had lived in those years, when not everybody was pissing in their pants because of a cigarette

[Hoopermazing]

She's palming the cigarettes. If it was editing, there would be a jump because they weren't in exactly the same place in the frame... especially the dude bouncing around playing the ukulele.

[FoPo4]

A magicians' site discussed this clip and thought the girl was probably a professional manipulation artist but they couldn't decide who she was.

They think she's palming the cigarettes. Not trick photography.

[Jessseforprez]

hmmm....was ILM around back then? :)

at 1:03'ish, you can see her hand smoking

[Hoopermazing]

@Jessseforprez Bingo!!! You can clearly see her hand smoking as she reaches for his lapel.

[kamujin]

OMG

[56BUICKRiviera]

The hand is quicker than the eye! Great stuff! Wonderful!

[whisperingsage]

This girl was painfully thin. Back then TB was more common, and other deteriorating diseases. Rickets perhaps? She looks abnormal.

[dbohls]

Are you out of your mind? Maybe you watched a different video, but this girl was not too skinny. Of course, she a rotten corpse by now.

[skot66]

Compared to the fat asses of today? She is perfectly normal.

[SURFSTYLEY2]

that's cuz she is only 12 yrs old

[Hoopermazing]

@whisperingsage Yeah, she has a body like a boy... but white dudes liked that in the 20s and it's come back into vogue.

[Eleanorfan1992]

Girl looks like Jean Harlow to me...

[louiscaponecchia]

yeah, but harlow was already dead by this year

[louiscaponecchia]

rc4...can you find the vid of cliff edwards singing "Nobody but you"..its the one where hes wearing the white tux with tails...it used to be on youtube, but the user deleted for some reason

[Latigoliath]

LOL. This is unbelievable. Who's this lady? Richard Pitchford's daughter? Great stuff!

[fastnfurious0298]

Watch the girl's left hand right; it seems so clench very briefly as if to trigger a machine/string fixture on the hidden side of her right arm. Just an idea, not sure if its right...

[FoPo4]

No mistaking Cliff Edwards, aka Ukulele Ike. Major musical star of the '20s. Down on his luck later, often bankrupt, often divorced, he's known now as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio and for singing "When You Wish Upon a Star," 1940 Academy Award winner and Disney theme song. Died destitute in 1971.

[FoPo4]

There's speculation as to the name of the adorable blond. My guess is Sally Eilers who is listed by IMDB as appearing in this short, Starlit Days At The Lido. Eilers, who resembles the girl, died fairly young of heart disease after a long illness in 1978, according to bios (but of course)

[banjeauchucque]

Great fun and Ike doesn't seem to be suffering any ill effects from the second-hand smoke.

[orcbeing]

this is so funny !damm cool

[firemagic30]

really cool!

[contactvk]

hahaha nice!

[TheMatrix72370]

Is there any way that I could get to watch this short film on DVD? Thank you for your help.

[RC4MAG]

Yes, I have heard that it is one of the extra features on the DVD movie ROBERTA

[DoctorBitz]

@TheMatrix72370

warner archives has it on short subject musicals from the dream factory

[TheMatrix72370]

@DoctorBitz Thank you.