Crocodile Bar Aka Beachcomber Club (1963)

Central London. M/S of a tropical glade. C/U of a baby crocodiles in a rock pool. A man walks into shot carrying a plate of raw meat. C/U of the crocs. M/S of the man holding one of the baby crocodiles. C/U of the man placing the croc in the water. C/U of a woman petting a parrot through the bars of a cage - it is all part of a tropical themed restaurant in the Mayfair Hotel. M/S of smart couples entering the restaurant through a cave-like door. C/U of a neon sign of the restaurant’s name - ’Beachcomber’. M/S of couples coming down rocky stairs into the restaurant. M/S of palm leaves, tilt down to a cocktail bar beneath. M/S of a couple sitting at the bar, a barman is pouring a ’kalhua kiss’ (sp) cocktail. M/S of the couple, the woman is drinking from a hollow pineapple. C/U of the ’kalhua kiss’. C/U of the barman. M/S of the barman placing the cocktail in front of a glamorous girl, a man with a parrot on his shoulder enters the shot. C/U of the parrot. C/U of the girl smiling. C/U of a p
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