Record

Performance TitleThe Daily Express Film Ball
Performance Date22-23 September 1948
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:30
Main PerformersKatherine Dunham and Her Company,
Irene Skorik,
Jean Guelis,
Pat Kirkwood
Secondary PerformersLen Stevens - piano
Orchestra or BandVictor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra,
Bobby Howell's Orchestra,
Billy Ternent and His Orchestra,
Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra
ConductorsVictor Silvester,
Bobby Howell,
Billy Ternent,
Don Carlos
Set List20:30 Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra:
'You're Dancing on My Heart' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Pretending' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'I Promise You' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'I Got The Sun in The Morning' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Time on My Hands' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'When You're Away' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Babette' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'All The Things You Are' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Broadway Melody' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'How Am I To Know' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'You Were Meant for Me' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'My Heart Isn't In It' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Chicago' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'You Were Never Lovelier' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'The Way You Look Tonight' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Beautiful Spring' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Riptide' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Night and Day' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Waves of The Danube' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra)

21:10 Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra

21:30 Billy Ternent and His Orchestra:
'Avalon' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'The World is Waiting for The Sunrise' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'My Happiness' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Ask Anyone Who Knows' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Remember Me' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Heartbreaker' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'People Will Say We're in Love' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'I've Got The Sun in The Morning' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Diane',(Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Nature Boy' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Beautiful Love' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Four Leaf Clover' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Zyder Zee' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Just One Of Those Things' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'San Raquel' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra)

22:20 Haute Couture (Presented by members of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers, featuring models from the Autumn Collection sof Messrs. Hardy Amies, Charles Creed, and Digby Morton)

22:40 Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra:
'Don't You Know I Care, (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'People Will Say We're in Love' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Wrappin' It Up' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'They Say That Falling in Love is Wonderful' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Un Peu D'Amour' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Easy To Love' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Boulder Buff' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'There's Honey On The Moon' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'The Dipsy Doodle' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Say it Isn't So' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Braziliana' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Sambrero' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'One Night of Love' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Love Serenade (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Jazz-Me Blues' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Take The 'A' Train' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Whispering' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Canadian Capers' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'A Gal in Calico' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'How Deep is The Ocean' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Dream Melody' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Diane' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Pepita' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Posada' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Rosalie' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra),
'Darktown Strutters Ball' (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra)

22:55 Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra

23:15 Billy Ternent and His Orchestra:
'Time on My Hands' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Dolores' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'So Tired' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Woodpecker's Song' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Corabelle' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'You Call Everybody Darling' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'My Blue Heaven' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'I'll Dance At Your Wedding',(Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Moonlight Serenade' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'A Million Tomorrows' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Dance Ballerina Dance' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Does Your Heart Beat For Me?' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Wabash Blues' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Ballin' The Jack' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'American Patrol' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Marchita' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Trumpet Blues' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra),
'Civilization' (Billy Tenant and His Orchestra)

00:00 Midnight Cabaret:
Fashions in Dance (Jayne Di Gatano, Adam Di Gatano),
Nonchalant Acrobatics (Walter 'Dare' Wahl),
Les Ballets des Champs Elysees - 'Le Cygne Noir' from Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky (Irene Skorik, Jean Guelis),
'Society' (Pat Kirkwood, Len Stevens),
'I've Got Rhythm' (Pat Kirkwood, Len Stevens),
'All of a Sudden My Heart Sings' (Pat Kirkwood, Len Stevens)
'Alexander's Ragtime Band' (Katherine Dunham and Her Company, Bobby Howell's Orchestra),
'Zazz Ballet', Fruberg (Katherine Dunham and Her Company, Bobby Howell's Orchestra),
'Everybody's Doing It' (Katherine Dunham and Her Company, Bobby Howell's Orchestra),
'Ballin' The Jack' (Katherine Dunham and Her Company, Bobby Howell's Orchestra),
'Macumba' (Katherine Dunham and Her Company, Bobby Howell's Orchestra),
'California Here I Come' (Katherine Dunham and Her Company, Bobby Howell's Orchestra)

00:45 Victor Silvester and His Ballrrom Orchestra

01:15 Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra
'Cae-Cae' (Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra),
'South America Take It Away' (Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra),
'Coffee Song' (Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra),
'Laughing Samba' (Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra),
'Negra Leone' (Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra),
'La Guargive' (Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra),
'Dancing Zombie' (Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra),
'Anna Bocca Tinde' (Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra),
'Brass Band',(Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra),
'Mondoquite' (Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra)

00:35 Victor Silvester and His Ballrrom Orchestra

01:55 Billy Ternent and His Orchestra
Performance NotesProfits from the event went to the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund.

Guests who attended the event included Sheila Sim, Joan Hopkins, Maureen O'Hara, Joan Dowling, Patricia Plunkett, Joan Dowling, Dana Andrews, Stephen Murray, Beatrice Campbell and Richard Todd.

Associated Press Archive hold British Movietone B&W footage of the event (Story No. BM50850).
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/),
Setlist (RAHE/8/7/24)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/8/7/1948/8The Daily Express Film Ball set list22 September 1948
RAHE/1/1948/216AThe Daily Express Film Ball22 September 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ookazowniex_BodThe Daily Express Film Ball1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/8124Katherine Dunham and Her Company; fl 1940s; African-American modern dance company
DS/UK/8125Skorik; Irene (fl 1940s); Prima ballerina assoluta
DS/UK/8126Guelis; Jean (fl 1940s); French Premier danseur noble
DS/UK/8127Kirkwood; Patricia (1921-2007); British actress
DS/UK/8128Stevens; Len (fl 1940s); Pianist
DS/UK/7540Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra; fl 1940s-1960s; British ballroom orchestra
DS/UK/8129Bobby Howell's Orchestra; fl 1940s; British light orchestra
DS/UK/7472Billy Ternent and His Orchestra; fl 1930s - 1970s; English orchestra
DS/UK/8130Don Carlos and His Samba Orchestra; fl 1940s; British light orchestra
DS/UK/3643Silvester; Victor Marlborough (1900-1978); English dancer, author, musician, bandleader
DS/UK/8131Howell; Bobby (fl 1940s); British light orchestra leader
DS/UK/6892Ternent; Billy (1899-1977); British orchestra leader
DS/UK/8132Carlos; Don (fl 1940s); British light orchestra leader
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