“A Little Tact“ By Naunton Wayne (1932)

Full title reads: “A little tact“ by Naunton Wayne. Filmed at the London Pavilion.“ High angle of Naunton Wayne standing right at the front of the stage (in front of the orchestra pit even) speaking to the theatre audience. We can see the first row of the audience. All men, all smoking, all looking stony faced. Naunton is a rather upper class character with a very posh voice. He does a comedy performance based around the subject of tact and tactlessness. The audience gently laugh at a few of his jokes - he doesn’t seem to be going down too well. The jokes seem to revolve around the cleanliness of a King. Naunton puts a cigarette into a holder. Panning shot of the audience. One of the men in the audience spends the whole time with his hand up to his face - looks to me like he doesn’t want to be filmed. He has his body turned away from the camera. Camera pans from Naunton to show the theatre audience - a very unusual shot for this era. Interestingly, there is at least one member of the audie