Elsa Stenning Aka Another Popular Artist (1938)

Titles read: “Pathetone - presents - ANOTHER POPULAR ARTIST, FROM ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN - ELSA STENNING - THE AUSTRALIAN NIGHTINGALE“. London - probably Pathe Studio. Various shots of soprano Elsa Stenning in an evening dress singing 'Ma Curly Headed Babby', intercut with shots of an African-American baby in the arms of his mother and men working in cotton fields - the song is a sort of Negro Spiritual. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on t