Ronald Frankau 1930

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Full titles read: "And now Pathetone introduces another well-known Radio Star - Ronald Frankau - At the Piano Conrad Leonard."

London.

In the Pathe Studio we see Ronald Frankau in character as a toff. He is in top hat and tails, holding an incredibly long cigarette holder, wearing...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
36830
Sort Number:
PT 035
Time in/Out:
01:42:15:00 / 01:46:30:00
Canister:
PT 035
Film ID:
1020.15
Issue Date:
24/11/1930

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