Description
Street of Shadows DVD plus
Murray’s Cabaret Club Hardback Book
STREET OF SHADOWS DVD
1 disc. Crime. Black & White. Year: 1953. Running time approx. 81 mins.
Cast: Cesar Romero, Kay Kendall, Victor Maddern, Simone Silva, Bill Travers, Edward Underdown, Liam Gaffney, Robert Cawdron and more.
Director: Richard Vernon.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Original theatrical trailers. Image gallery.
Cesar Romero gives a memorable performance as Soho club owner Luigi, who falls for Barbara, a beautiful socialite played by Kay Kendall, whose husband is a compulsive gambler. Romance blossoms, until Luigi finds his former girlfriend murdered – with the evidence pointing in Barbara’s direction! Luigi is under suspicion and his sidekick ‘Limpy’, is the only one who helps him. Will his luck run out for good? With impressive supporting performances from Egypt-born femme fatale Simone Silva and British actor Victor Maddern. The film features Soho, Covent Garden and Drury Lane in London, with plenty of moody cinematography.
Murray’s Cabaret Club Hardback Book
By Benjamin Levy. Foreword by Dita Von Teese.
231 Pages, lavishly illustrated throughout with black & white and colour photos and illustrations.
From 1913 to 1975, Murray’s Cabaret Club in Beak Street, Soho was filled with dancing showgirls performing to packed audiences. Percival ‘Pops’ Murray became the owner in 1933 and introduced London to the ‘Cabaret Floorshow’. Everything was perfect – from the dancers’ costumes to the gleaming stage and the music. However, in 1963, the Profumo Scandal erupted. A love triangle between a Murray’s showgirl, Britain’s Minister of War, and a Soviet spy, all at the height of the Cold War. This book reveals the story of Murray’s with photos and illustrations, including the costumes worn for London’s most glamorous floorshow.
