Jean Melville 1937

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Item title reads - Pathetone now has pleasure in presenting Jean Melville and her Harmony Imps. Millions have heard them on the air - here they are on the screen.

Probably filmed in Pathe studios, London.

M/S of Jean Melville playing a piano. Phyllis Herbert and John Herbert (youngest)...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39922
Sort Number:
PT 372
Time in/Out:
01:08:37:00 / 01:10:20:00
Canister:
PT 372
Film ID:
1152.05
Issue Date:
10/05/1937

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