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Miss Minnie Love in Impressions: Maurice Chevalier (c.1931)

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Maurice Chevalier impression

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Clip description

On a stage inside Frank Thring’s Efftee Film Studios, veteran stage performer Minnie Love impersonates French comedian and singer Maurice Chevalier singing the songs 'Valentine’ (1924) and 'On Top of the World, Alone’.

Curator’s notes

Love’s gestures beautifully characterise Chevalier. Love was one of Thring’s favourite performers – she filmed three impressions for his Efftee Entertainers series of variety shorts in 1931.