3-022-155 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

A Group of Performers Waiting Backstage at the Theatre, 1931. 'A new era - one of progress, light, excitement, and show business rising to new sparkling heights. When you paid your money, the entertainment you found seemed worth every penny, whether you dressed for the stalls or hung over the gallery rail. A world of Mr Cochrane's young ladies, of variety as yet hardly scratched by its death struggle with the new-fangled talking pictures. Full bills with plenty of talent. Shows, express and non-stop...'. From "Time To Remember - A New Era", 1931 (Reel 4); documentary about the world in the early 1930s.