Ganjou Brothers & Juanita
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- (Sorry can't get rid of that song at the beginning - you'll have to wait a minute. )This was one of the top Variety acts of the mid 20th Century. They toured the USA and were on the Ed Sullivan show in the 1950s. The conductor was married to one of the brother and I belive another one married Juanita. I belive the opned a Polish Resturant in London www.allinlondon...
Amazing performance! Mr Serge Ganjou was a gentleman and a character! I feel honoured to have met him, mid 90s. I cleaned his stunning apartment in central London. xx
This is so very interesting. I was Serge's care assistant for a while (he must have been pushing 80 yrs at that time) and he was such a delightful person:"nothing special..." he'd always say when I asked of his needs. He was as fit as a fiddle with a delicious sense of humor. When I enquired of the figurines that stood on his mantlepiece, he told me stories of his earlier life, saying they calculated that his wife (Juanita?) had flown over four kilometres in her career. So nice to see this video
Thank you, ladystockingtops, for posting this video. My mother, who passed away in 1994, was a professional musician and knew the Ganjou bros & Juanita. She used to tell me about a wonderful act called 'Romance in Porcelain', never in her wildest dreams thinking that I would ever see it, but thanks to RUclips, it's become possible. Her name was Edna Cecil. She was sometimes on the bill with them, and may well have been in the orchestra pit on this video. She would have been absolutely amazed to see this again!
Their ashes and memorial are at South London Crematorium.
Amazing. Beautiful.
È bellissimo quello che riescono a fare a questa piccola donna! La usano tutti come una bambola! È bellissimo vederla nelle loro mani e lei che si offre a tutti loro assecondandoli in ogni modo
Mesmerizing !
Joy Ganjou was my mother's cousin and my godmother. As a teeneager living in London I used to go to Cafe Dacquise for meal with 'family' as Uncle Serge used to call my freebie dinners!!
Беспрецендентный уровень балетной акробатики. Сомневаюсь, что кто-либо сегодня способен такое повторить. Балерина, разумеется, очень легка и собрана, но такая точность и естественность! Восхитительно!
Thank you so much for this video!
They appeared in the 1934 summer season at the Blackpool Opera House (biggest stage in UK) for Jack Taylor's productions in 'King Folly'. Billy Bennett was the main star. My mother was head girl in the dance troupe. I'm researching her career in the 1920s and 30s. The Ganjou bros and Juanita must have been very young in 1934 then? They'd have to be fit doing twice nightly shows and matinees on Wednesdays and Thursdays! In the summer! Phew!
I find your reply most interesting. Joy Marlow and her parents were friends of my parents and lived in Mighell Avenue Ilford. I went to her parents golden wedding when I was a small child. I did meet Joy and Serge (I think) but I was too small to remember. I was only about 5 at the time. My parents were very pround to have known them too. The brothers opened a resturant called Daquise and by a strange chance it has always been popular in our family before we realised the connection.
ladystockingtops Hi Ladystockingtops , I am Joy's nephew, my mother Gladys was Joy's sister, It would be good to get in contact with you. Peter Godfrey
Sorry Joshbonga, Serge never mentioned the Kensington restaurant to me. I was his care assistant for approx a month. An elderly lady (name?) from across the hall used to visit him at 5pm on the dot every day. Quite by chance she'd moved into the same building as he, having known him some 40 years earlier! Imagine their surprise at meeting again after all that time. I'm sure she was in love with him. "Oh no", he'd say,"not you again", feigning disinterest, then they'de have a great laugh together
My mother loved the song about Richmond Hill and often sang parts of it years ago. Does anybody know her name?
Wow this is so good. I've been searching for a video of the ganjous & juanita. There was an Australian named 'clete ball' who worked with them, learned there act and then did his own version as a trio. He's now in his late 70's. We (my acrobatic partners and I) have been given the honor of learning this act from him, and we want to do it in it's most original form! Do you have any more footage of them?
Wow, I would love to see the full act! In Australia we have a trio recreating a 'toss the girl' act in traditional vaudeville style. It was amazing when I saw it a month ago. They are being taught by a performer who toured with these guys for a while.
What are the chances of getting a copy of the full act on DVD?
at 3:39 it looks like the lady gets a face or chestful of floor. she must of built up a big trust with the male dancers not to drop her. this must of taken some practicing and skills.