Ronald Frankau 1933

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Titles read: "We now have much pleasure in presenting:- RONALD FRANKAU OF VARIETY, GRAMOPHONE & BBC FAME."

Probably filmed in Pathe Studio, London.

Comedian Ronald Frankau, dressed in toff costume of top hat, waistcoat, tailcoat and cravat, tells us a rather rambling story about how...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51792
Sort Number:
PSP 820
Time in/Out:
01:00:36:00 / 01:04:21:00
Canister:
PSP 820
Film ID:
1622.02
Issue Date:
21/12/1933

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