# Florence mills.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florence-mills/750445>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 28, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florence-mills/750445 "2016-03-28T08:01:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daftjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Daftjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daftjack)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florence-mills/750445/1 "2016-03-28T08:01:36Z")

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Good day,

I have a video of ‘Bugle Call Rag’ filmed on 23/05/1933. The two female dancers in the sequence are, Bessie Dudley and Florence mills.

Could someone who may know, answer the following question for me:

If Florence Mills died in 1927, who is the lady in black dancing in the video of 1933?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Daftjack.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florence-mills/750445/2 "2016-03-28T08:04:43Z")

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Is the video online somewhere? That would help.

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**Author:** ![Daftjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Daftjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daftjack)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florence-mills/750445/3 "2016-03-28T08:43:34Z")

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Hi Mangetout,

Yes, it is on you tube. just type in Bessie Dudley.

Regards,

Daftjack.

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florence-mills/750445/4 "2016-03-28T09:12:31Z")

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Must be Florence Hill:

[http://dogpossum.org/2013/03/womens-history-month-florence-hill-and-bessie-dudley-2/](http://dogpossum.org/2013/03/womens-history-month-florence-hill-and-bessie-dudley-2/)

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florence-mills/750445/5 "2016-03-28T12:03:29Z")

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> [@bob\_2](#):
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> Must be Florence Hill:
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> [Women’s History Month: Florence Hill and Bessie Dudley – dogpossum](http://dogpossum.org/2013/03/womens-history-month-florence-hill-and-bessie-dudley-2/)

Interesting link. It includes a photo of Earl “Snakehips” Tucker. Not _our_ Snakehips, but the original.