Leslie Holmes 1934

Star Item

Description

Titles read: "Now The NEW EMPIRE REVIEW presents - The Smiling Vocalist LESLIE HOLMES of BBC and Record Fame."

Pathe Studio, London.

Variety star Leslie Holmes stands on a set dressed to look like a drawing room. A man plays the piano as Leslie sings the humorous song 'I'm The Monster...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51831
Sort Number:
PSP 825
Time in/Out:
01:21:57:00 / 01:24:43:00
Canister:
PSP 825
Film ID:
1624.12
Issue Date:
25/01/1934

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Tame Badger

Tame Badger

A story about a dog trainer who looks after and trains a tame badger.

Italian Puppies

Italian Puppies

Some very cute and fluffy cream Maremma puppies feed from their mother and play.

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 710 - Reel 1 Of 2 - In The Footsteps Of Sherlock Holmes

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 710 - Reel 1 Of 2 - In The Footsteps Of Sherlock Holmes

Out takes (rushes, out takes) for story featured in CP 710.

London's Air Defenses (Aka London's Air Defences)

London's Air Defenses (Aka London's Air Defences)

A look at antiaircraft guns and how the military would cope with an air raid.

105 Year Cricket Record Broken

105 Year Cricket Record Broken

A shot of cricketer Percy Holmes who has made new cricket history with his scores.

Shirley Weds Giulio

Shirley Weds Giulio

The hole in the heart girl, Shirley Holmes, weds her Italian fiancee.

Winter Tennis Vintage Balloon !

Winter Tennis Vintage Balloon !

Huge inflatable 'Air Hall' fits over tennis court to provide all year round play.

National Town Criers Championship - Reel 2

National Town Criers Championship - Reel 2

Town Criers compete for the National Championship on the seafront at Hastings.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler