Pictorial Revue Of 1943 - Reel 4 (1938-1943)

Pictorial Revue of 1943 - Reel 4. (Compilation of turns from the Pathe cinemagazines.) (Continued.) C/U of album page reading 'Oliver Wakefield'. Fade into M/S of comedian Wakefield in the studio wearing white tie and tails, holding a cigarette and making a stuttering speech to camera. He talks about self-made men and stiff upper lips. (This is duplicate of item in Turns Can 9 - see separate record for full details. It is missing item from PT 439.) C/U of album page reading 'Big Bill Campbell and his Rocky Mountaineers'. Fade into shot of Big Bill, dressed in a rather smart cowboy shirt, tie and hat. He says “Howdy folks, here's the old hilly billy band, bringing you a breath of the great old west, yes sir!“(the psuedo-western style of this whole item reminds me of the Johnny Mercer song 'I'm An Old Cowhand'). Several musicians sit around him on a set dressed to look like an outdoor campfire area, all wearing similar western garb and playing a brief but lively cowboy refrain on guitars, violi