Morton Downey 1933

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Full titles read: "MORTON DOWNEY - The famous American, Radio, Film and Recording Star. Filmed at Cafe de Paris, London."

Intertitle reads: "Midnight - and though suburban roads may be quiet and lonely, dancing feet throng the floor here - (To the music of Jack Harris and his boys)."

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37478
Sort Number:
PT 172
Time in/Out:
01:29:35:00 / 01:32:08:00
Canister:
PT 172
Film ID:
1076.14
Issue Date:
17/07/1933

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