Robb Wilton 1934

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Pathe Studio, London.

Comedian Ronald Frankau introduces Robb Wilton with a little poem about comics stealing each other's gags and makes a pun on Wilton's name.

On a set dressed to look like a jungle scene we see Robb Wilton come out of a tent wearing lion-hunting...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51820
Sort Number:
PSP 822
Time in/Out:
01:00:00:00 / 01:04:04:00
Canister:
PSP 822
Film ID:
1624.01
Issue Date:
04/01/1934

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