First Variety Club Annual Dinner (1953)

First Variety Club Annual Dinner. Dorchester Hotel, London. LV R.S. Woolf, C.J. Latta D.E. Griffiths, greeting guests. MS C.J. Latta shaking hands with guests (several shots). LS Guests admiring Variety Club display panel. MS Leslie Frewin speaking to a lady guest. LS Guests looking at display panel. CU Sign “Show Business“. CU The trade mark of Variety Club. MS C.J. Latta seated at dining table. Various shots guests seated at dining table. MS Sir Philip Warter and Sam Eckman seated at table. Various shots guests listening to speeches. LS D.E. Griffiths speaking: (natural sound.) “My Lords, fellow barkers, ladies and gentlemen, may I first of all express our deep appreciation for the presence of all of you tonight. The results of your presence has raised something like $2,000 for sick and needy children. CU I am sure you will appreciate ladies and gentlemen that in the formative stages of a thing of this kind there are many problems and many headaches involved. The original crew the original men who f