Full title reads: "Now Pathe Pictorial presents the celebrated Australian Baritone Lance Fairfax in "The Springtime reminds me of You."
Lance leans on a piano and sings to a group of "bright young things" who lounge in armchairs looking very glamorous. The set presumably represents a drawing...
Full title reads: "Now Pathe Pictorial presents the celebrated Australian Baritone Lance Fairfax in "The Springtime reminds me of You."
Lance leans on a piano and sings to a group of "bright young things" who lounge in armchairs looking very glamorous. The set presumably represents a drawing room. C/U of Lance as he sings and C/U of some of the girls who watch. Smoke drifts upwards from the many cigarettes which are being smoked by the house guests.
Various angles of the singer and the small audience - four girls and two men in suits.
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