And for those of you who are curious, you can see the entire 1925 film on YouTube.
Transcript:
SCENE: A royal man and woman about to be coronated or married. There’s a huge crowd of soldiers and people behind them in the cathedral.
KING: Okay, you put your right foot in. You take your right foot out!
QUEEN: You put your right foot in and you shake it all about…
CAPTION: Doing “The Hokey Pokey–The Deluxe Edition.”
Image: John Gilbert and Mae Murray in the 1925 film The Merry Widow
New dialogue by John Lustig
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SCENE: A royal man and woman about to be coronated or married. There's a huge crowd of soldiers and people behind them in the cathedral.
KING: Okay, you put your right foot in. You take your right foot out!
QUEEN: You put your right foot in and you shake it all about...
CAPTION: Doing “The Hokey Pokey--The Deluxe Edition.”
Image: John Gilbert and Mae Murray in the 1925 film The Merry Widow
New dialogue by John Lustig
Murray, Mae (Merry Widow, The)
KING: Okay, you put your right foot in. You take your right foot out!
QUEEN: You put your right foot in and you shake it all about...
CAPTION: Doing “The Hokey Pokey--The Deluxe Edition.”
Image: John Gilbert and Mae Murray in the 1925 film The Merry Widow
New dialogue by John Lustig
Murray, Mae (Merry Widow, The)
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