These simple stage spotlights were mainly used in the cinema to spotlight the location of the ice cream girls at the start of the interval. Most ice cream girls will tell you about their first day, when they forgot to close their eyes. They were so dazzled that it was about a minute before they could even see the contents of their tray, let alone give the customers change. One more than one occasion, the sudden shock or the unexpected light beam caused the girl to drop her tray The funniest incident ever, was the day that one of the male attendants had to stand in on ice cream duty due to the girl calling in sick. Rather than do the normal, of placing the tray on the side of the stage, he wore the girls sales uniform (including heels), (his own) and the tray. None of the customers went near him and after about a minute, he strutted off giving a two finger sign on his way. He got a huge round of applause when on his way, his oranges dropped out of his blouse and bounced off the tray.
I am going back to the 1970,s. The guy was the most extrovert gay who I have ever met. You can only imagine him. 6'4" in heels, More hair on his legs than a gorilla, Sales girls skirt that did not cover his boxers, Standing under the spottight using both hands to level the oranges up in his blouse. Life was rarely dull in the west end theaters in those days.
Mata Hari (around 1910) Yes she's hot but what stands out is the original print was naturally in black a & white (and this is the modern colorized version) of what she really looked like - I'd hit it...