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( UK
& French Dance Band, Musical & Variety Films released on
9.5mm optical sound
including features, musical shorts, British Lion variety and Vox
& Son Reviews)
New
for 2013 & 2014! See some of these actual 9.5mm sound films
on You Tube! More to
come!!
Unfortunately British dance band music and variety
acts were never really highly rated - in general the reason is
obvious when we compare it to American product. However it does
provide a certain pre-war style that seems to be lost forever
these days. Whilst generally there were vast quantities of
records (78rpm) issued, little is recorded on film and generally
where it is, the production quality leaves a lot to be desired
because of the low budget usually assigned to such projects.
Maybe it was this very reason - cheap, low budget -
that attracted Pathéscope to release many of these items on
their 'home cinema' 9.5mm optical sound film size. I have
attempted to list and detail many of the musical and variety
items - for full lists of all the 9.5mm optical sound films
released in the UK and France, check out my 9.5mm film catalogues
listed elsewhere on this site.
Data has been obtained from the films themselves and
mostly from that fanatastic reference book "The
British Film Catalogue
1895-1985" by the late Denis
Gifford (ISBN 0-7153-8835-5). Further
invaluable data comes from 9.5 enthusiast Maurice
Trace and his excellent 9.5mm
Sound Film Catalogue, whilst the detailed
music content has been identified and compiled by Alex
Gleason, indefatigable researcher and
compiler of music used in British films. Many thanks to those
mentioned above and many friends who have passed on information.
Many of these 9.5mm sound films detailed below are now
available on DVD - see my Sales
Pages
Some Dance Band, Musical & Variety
Feature Films released on 9.5mm optical sound
T..9348 "CALLING
ALL STARS" GB 1937 (Originally 79
minutes) Dir:Herbert Smith. Prod:British Lion
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Evelyn Dall, Davy Burnaby, Flotsam
& Jetsam, Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy Orpheans Orch.,
Arren & Broderick, Leon Cortez & his Coster Pals, Ethel
Revnell & Gracie West, Billy Bennett, The Bega Four, Eugine
Pini & his Band, Buck & Bubbles, Turner Layton, Elizabeth
Welch, Larry Adler, The Nicholas Brothers, Twelve Aristocrats,
The Whirlwind Skaters, Max Bacon.
T.9347 "SOFT LIGHTS AND
SWEET MUSIC" GB 1936
(Orig. 86 mins) Dir:Herbert Smith. Prod:British Lion
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Evelyn Dall, Harry
Tate, Western Brothers, The Five Charladies, Sandy
Powell's Harmonica Band, Max Bacon, Elizabeth Welch,
Three Rhythm Boys, Billy Bennett, Karina &
Co.,Wilson, Keppel & Betty, The Dorchester Girls, The
Robinas, The Four Flash Devils, Turner Layton. (Updated
23Dec2016)
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T.9103 "LAND
WITHOUT MUSIC" GB 1936 (Orig:
80mins) Dir: Walter Forde Oct2013
T.9136 "SHE
SHALL HAVE MUSIC" GB 1935 (Orig.
91 mins) Dir:Leslie Hiscott. Twickenham F.D. Production 02Sep2014
T.9731 "VARIETY
JUBILEE" GB 1943 (Orig. 92 mins)
Dir:Maclean Rogers. A Butchers Production Nov2013
GS.70108 "FEUX DE JOIE"
FR 1938 (Orig. 95 mins) Dir:Jacques Houssin. Florida Film
...
............. (this title issued in
France on 9.5mm optical sound by Pathé-Baby)
Watch a French 9.5mm sound film - Ray Ventura musical
clips from - GS.70108 "Feux De Joie" -
http://youtu.be/WKVqMDhSzVU
Some Dance Band and Musical Film
Shorts released on 9.5mm optical sound
T.9350 "ACROSS
EUROPE WITH JACK HYLTON & HIS BAND"
GB 1936 (16mins) (issued on 9.5mm Sept 1939)
A Pathescope produced extract from the feature film "She
Shall Have Music"
Jack Hylton & his Band in concert at L'Opera, Paris; with The
Leon Woizikowsky Ballet, The Dalmora Can-Can Dancers, Camora -
Spanish Dancing Beauty, The Two Mackays - Harlem's Hottest
Hoofers, Magda Neeld - Australia's Star Of Song, Mathea
Merryfield - Exotic Dancer
Watch part of my 9.5mm sound print "Across
Europe": http://youtu.be/kkSlmKAugtI
Mathea Merryfield - exotic dancer
T.9300 "CHEERIO"
GB 1935 (17 mins) Dir:Frank Dormand Photography:D.P. Cooper
Distributed by Fidelity
Billy Merrin & his Commanders, vocalist: Ken Crossley, song
& dance from: Alice & Jimmy Dey
Watch almost all of my 9.5mm sound print "Cheerio":
http://youtu.be/2bjX_9V7Ix0
T.9301 "CLAP HANDS"
GB 1935 (originally 18 mins?) Dir:Frank Dormand Produced by
Fidelity Dist:LMB
Charlie Kunz & the Casani Club Orchestra, (vocalist George
Barclay), with Teddy Brown (xylophone)
Check out the Charlie Kunz web-site (use 'back' to return
here!):- bulterman.eu/kunzmenu.htm
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Clap
Hands": http://youtu.be/-zshvFy-dcU
09Sept2013
T.9703 "DANCING FEET" (9 mins) GB 1951
(issued on 9.5mm June 1952) extract from the feature film "Talking
Feet" GB 1937
Hazel Ascot and the Gordon Rae Girls sing and dance; Hazel Ascot
sings and tap dances "Talking Feet"
(This short was number 1 in the series "Variety Follies"
released to the cinema by DUK Films in 1951)
T.9705 "GIRL IN THE POSTER" (9 mins) GB
1951 (issued on 9.5mm August 1952) an extract from the feature
film
"Rhythm Racketeer" GB 1937 Dir:James Seymour
Harry Roy & his Band play "Rhythm Racketeer" and
"I Fell In Love With a Poster" which opens out into a
superb dance production number arranged by Larry Ceballos,
reminiscent of Busby Berkeley. Stanley Black is on piano and also
in the band is Ray Ellington - who later provided musical
interludes in "The Goon Show" on BBC radio.
(This short was number 9 in the series "Variety Follies"
released to the UK cinema by DUK Films in 1951)
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Girl In the
Poster": http://youtu.be/IZmBYoJdUeM
T.9316 "HARLEM HOLIDAY" (9mins) GB 1936/37
(issued on 9.5mm June 1940) extracts from the feature films:
"Calling All Stars" GB 1937 & "Soft
Lights and Sweet Music" GB 1936 Dir:Herbert Smith.
Prod:British Lion
A visit to "The Cotton Club" (actually Beaconsfield
Studios!) - Turner Leyton sings "East of the Sun"(from
"Soft Lights & Sweet Music"); Buck &
Bubbles perform "The Rhythm's OK In Harlem"; Elizabeth
Welch sings "Nightfall"; The Nicholas Brothers song
& dance "Za-Zu-Za-Zu" (all from "Calling
All Stars").
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Harlem
Holiday": http://youtu.be/SIFVqKRLxn8
T.9692 "JIVIN' AND JAMMIN'"
(17 mins) GB 1948 Prod/Dir/Ed: Frank Gardner (issued on 9.5mm Oct
'51)
The Maurice Arnold Sextet play "Loch Lomond",
"Three Blind Mice" & "I've Found A New
Baby";
vocalist Dinah Kaye sings "Honeysuckle Rose" &
"These Foolish Things"
Vocalist Dinah Kaye
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Jivin' And
Jammin' ": http://youtu.be/_H4DtU8lXUE
T.9306 "KIDDIES
ON PARADE" (17mins) GB 1935
Dir:Stewart B. Moss A Majestic Pictures Production
Produced by Bertram H. Hyams - Screen Adaptation by Fay Glenn -
Photography:William (Billy) Williams
Musical Score:Lionel Heudebert - Original Musical Numbers:Charles
Hawtry, Dick Henty - Lyrics:Bianca Murray
Original running time 23 minutes. Released on 9.5mm sound July
1938
A variety show, performed on a theatre stage, by youngsters from
the Italia Conti Academy of Dramatic Arts
Charles Hawtry, Tommie Hayes, Rosie Youngman, Dan Rowles, Ronnie
Chuter, Rickie Hyland,
Valerie Wainwright, Peter Voke, Josie Sangwin, Pat Rose & his
Majestic Orchestra
Music items include: Song & Dance by the ensemble; Tap
Dancing act by boy & girl; Six girls perform song &
dance;
Two boys dance with an elder male acting as drunken reveller;
Young lady dances to "I've Got the
World On a String"
Male tap dancers; Black face male sings "I've
Got the World On a String"; Song &
Dance "I Can Do Anything You Can
Do";
Dance by five lads dressed as hotel page
boys; Dance by boy dressed as a sailor - includes "The
Sailor's Hornpipe";
A finale by the whole cast with the song "It's
Just Like Heaven To Be With You"
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Kiddies
On Parade" 28May2014
T.9712 "THE MAD HATTER" (9 mins) GB 1951
extract from the feature film:
"Happy Days Are Here Again" 87 mins GB 1936
Dir:Norman Lee Prod:John Argyle
Syd Seymour & his Mad Hatters with music & humour,
including "It's All OK For the Spring" & "Melancholy
Baby".
Vocalist for the "Melancholy Baby" number is
Harry Stanley
(This short was number 6 in the series "Variety Follies"
from DUK Films released for the UK cinema in 1951))
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "The Mad
Hatter": http://youtu.be/JDLgb85Dzik
09Sept2013
T.9305 "THE
SHOW'S THE THING" GB 1936 (18 mins)
Dir:Raymond Stross Stuart Stross Productions
Billy Merrin & his Commanders, Ronald Frankau, Jessie the
Child Impersonator, The Dorchester Girls
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "The Show's
The Thing": http://youtu.be/DG2CAt8gQP0
01Jan2014
T.9714 "THE TWO ROYS" (9 mins) - (issued
on 9.5 Oct 1952) extract from the feature film:
"Radio Pirates" 89 mins GB 1935 Dir:Ivar
Campbell Prod:Norman Loudon
Roy Fox & his Band play "The Last Round-Up"
and "Old Faithfull" (vocals:Sid Buckman)
AND extract from the feature film "Rhythm
Racketeer" 85 mins GB 1937 Dir:James Seymour
Harry Roy & his Band play "Seven Different Sweeties
A Week"
British Lion
Variety & Dance
Music Film Shorts
released on 9.5mm optical sound films
All these musical/variety shorts were issued as 'one reelers'
with a running time of around 8 to 9 minutes.
They come from three British Lion cinema musical shorts series:
"Musical Film Review" (GB 1933), "Equity
Musical Revue" (GB 1935) and "British Lion
Varieties" (GB 1936). A few were released on 9.5mm with
the original titles, the other 25 were released on 9.5mm sound by
Pathéscope under the title "Variety Number ....".
(Even on some of these the Pathéscope editor left the original
title on the actual 9.5mm film release!).
The musical / variety items were generally mixed up from the
original British Lion releases and sometimes shortened or even
duplicated in later releases! To be fair the duplicated items
appear generally to be from a different 'take' of the same
performance - presumably British Lion filmed each item twice to
allow for mistakes, cutaways, edits etc.
Variety Numbers 4, 20 or 21 do not seem to have been released
by Pathéscope on 9.5mm, although judging by the numbering,
"Variety Number 4" became "Harlem
Holiday" - see further up this page). Like the 1930s
British Lion feature films, this material is very rare or 'lost'
on 35mm, probably making 9.5mm (and 17.5mm!) optical sound 'home
movie' film releases the only viewable source these days.
T9308 "BRITISH LION VARIETIES - NUMBER ONE"
GB 1936 Prod/Dir:Herbert Smith (on 9.5mm Jul 1938)
Joe Loss & his Band play "The Wheel Of The Wagon Is
Broken"
The Three Accordion Kings play a selection from Gounod's
"Faust"
The Three Radio Rogues perform "The Man On The Flying
Trapeze"
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "British
Lion Varieties - Number 1": http://youtu.be/odhgNl31Sg4
T9309 "BRITISH LION VARIETIES - NUMBER TWO"
GB 1936 Prod/Dir:Herbert Smith (on 9.5mm Apr 1938)
The Three Australian Boys in a medley "Turn On The
Music"
The Four Aces in song
Anita, Charles & Jack - Apache Dancers
T.9312 "MUSICAL FILM REVUE - NUMBER TWO"
GB 1933 Dir: Herbert Smith (on 9.5mm Sep 1938)
Terence McGovern & his Orchestra play "Crazy
People"
Phyllis Stanley sings "Minnie The Moocher's Wedding
Day"
The Modernique Quartette play "Tiger Rag"
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Musical
Film Revue - Number Two" 13Jun2014
T.9313 "VARIETY NUMBER 1" (issued on 9.5mm
Sept 1938)
Joe Loss & his Orchestra play "Love Is Like A
Cigarette" with vocal by Vera Lynn
The Petite Ascots, four young girls tap dance to
"Whispering"(Schoenberger), "Some Of These
Days"(Brooks), and "Nobody's Sweetheart"(Erdman,
Kahn, Myers & Schoebel)
Stanelli & Edgar impersonate on violins
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Variety
Number 1": http://youtu.be/8eiWr9bANqk
T.9314 "VARIETY NUMBER 2" (issued on 9.5mm
Nov 1938)
The Three Radio Rogues sing "(My) Pretty Quadroon"
& "They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree"
Joe Loss & his Orchestra play "On Treasure Island"
with vocal by Chick Henderson
The Petite Ascots, tap dancing to "March Winds and April
Showers"
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Variety
Number 2": http://youtu.be/Qt6i7VbrNbQ
T.9315 "VARIETY NUMBER 3" (issued on 9.5mm
Sept 1938)
The Three Accordion Kings play "East Of The Sun",
"I'll Never Say Never Again", "Some Of Those
Days"
Joe Loss & his Orchestra play "For You, Madonna"
with vocal by Chick Henderson
The Petite Ascots, tap dancers, imitate a train
Chick Henderson (popular 1930's vocalist with Joe Loss -
killed at sea during the second World War)
T.9317 "VARIETY NUMBER 5" (issued on 9.5mm
Sept 1938)
The Four Aces sing "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane"
Harriet Hutchins sings "Dennis, The Menace From Venice"
Anita, Charles & Jack - Apache Dancers - dance to
"Apache" by Offenbach
Joe Loss & his Orchestra play "My Shadow Is Where My
Sweetheart Used To Be" vocal: Chick Henderson
T.9318 "VARIETY NUMBER 6" (issued on 9.5mm
Sept 1938)
Eve Becke sings "I Just Couldn't Tell Them What To Do"
Roy Fox & his Band "Hunting The Fox"
The Modernique Quartette play "Tiger Rag"
Bob Lively sings "I Found A New Moon"
(The Modernique Quartette are credited (incorrectly) by
Pathescope as Terence McGovern Quartette)
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Variety Number
6": http://youtu.be/R3zXbspsjpY
T.9319 "VARIETY NUMBER 7" (issued on 9.5mm
Sept 1938)
Joe Loss & his Orchestra play "My Heart Wouldn't Beat
Again" with vocal by Vera Lynn
The Petite Ascots, four young girls tap dancing
The Three Australian Boys sing "For You, Madonna"
T.9320 "VARIETY NUMBER 8" (issued on 9.5mm
Oct 1938)
The Seven Thunderbolts, acrobats
The Three Radio Rogues impersonate Layton & Johnston with
"Sweethearts Forever"
Joe Loss & his Orchestra play "White Heat"
T.9321 "VARIETY NUMBER 9" (issued on 9.5mm
Oct 1938)
The Four Aces sing "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet"
The Three Australian Boys with Miss Nina Devitt in their version
of "Heads Or Tails"
Joe Loss & his Orchestra play "The General's Fast
Aleep" with vocal by Vera Lynn
T.9322 "VARIETY NUMBER 10" (issued on
9.5mm Oct 1938)
Joe Loss & his Orchestra play "Heads Or Tails"
The Three Accordion Kings with the Overture to
"Trieste"
A Skating Diversion
Harriet Hutchins sings "That's What Harlem Means To Me"
T.9323 "VARIETY NUMBER 11" (issued on
9.5mm Oct 1938)
Terence McGovern & his Orchestra play "Same Old
World"
Freddie Bamberger (piano) and Nevil Bishop (drums) play
"Some Of These Days" - as T9335 "Variety No.
23"
T.9324 "VARIETY NUMBER 12" (issued on
9.5mm Nov 1938)
Reggie Bristow & his Band with the Modernique Quartette
perform "Yes, Ma'am"
Betty Astell sings "No More You"
Terence McGovern & his Band
The Six Lady Harpists play "Speak To Me Of Love"
T.9325 "VARIETY NUMBER 13" (issued on
9.5mm Mar 1939)
Terence McGovern & his Band play "The London Fire
Brigade" ; thanks Mike Thomas for
spotting the tune!
Betty Astell sings "I've Got The World On A String (Sitting
On A Rainbow)" - as T9340 "Varierty No. 28"
The Albert Sandler Trio play "Tell Me Tonight"
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Variety
Number 13": http://youtu.be/4ed0Dm5m3gE
T.9326 "VARIETY NUMBER 14" (issued on
9.5mm Dec 1938)
The Nile Players, directed by Leslie Bridgewater, perform
"Danny Boy" on harps
Betty Astell, accompanied by a pianist, sings "Something
Came And Got Me In The Spring"
The Modernique Quartette sing "I Heard"
T.9327 "VARIETY NUMBER 15" (issued on
9.5mm Nov 1938)
Terence McGovern & his Band play "Sweet And Hot"
and "Crazy People"
Walsh and Barker sing "The Girl I Met Walking Down The
Street" and "Ding Ding"
Reggie Bristow & his Band play "When I'm In Love With
You" with vocal by The Modernique Quartet
[NB: When first advertised in Pathescope Monthly & 1939
Pathescope Catalogue the contents were incorrect]
T.9328 "VARIETY NUMBER 16" (issued on
9.5mm Dec 1938)
Stanelli & Edgar play Rubenstein's "Melody In F" on
two grand pianos - with a few humerous interuptions
The Nile Players render on harps "Speak To Me Of Love"
Betty Astell sings "I Raised My Hat"
Watch my 9.5mm optical sound print - "Variety
Number 16" 19June2014
T.9329 "VARIETY NUMBER 17" (issued on
9.5mm Dec 1938)
The Terence McGovern Trio (mandolin, penny whistle and cornet)
play "Tiger Rag"
Freddy Bamberger in a piano medley "Happy-Go-Lucky You (and
Broken-Hearted Me)" - playing first with two hands, then one
hand with the keyboard covered
Stanelli plays a classical piece "Heijre Kati
(Czardas)", on the violin
Watch my 9.5mm optical sound print - "Variety
Number 17" 30May2014
T.9330 "VARIETY NUMBER 18" (issued on
9.5mm Jan 1939)
(the film leader says "Musical Film Review 9")
Albert Sandler, violin, plays "Bacarolle" by Offenbach
Terence McGovern Quartette play "Nobody's Sweetheart"
Phyllis Stanley sings "That's My Home"
Stanelli & Edgar play a classical piece "Schoen
Rosemarin" on violins
Watch my 9.5mm optical sound print - "Variety
Number 18"26June2014
T.9331 "VARIETY NUMBER 19" (issued on
9.5mm Jan 1939)
The Nile Players (seven ladies on harps) play "Lullaby Of
The Leaves"
The McGovern Trio (xylophone, piano, violin) play "Mighty
Lak A Rose"
Pamela Grey & Pat Green sing and dance "This Is The
Rhythm For Me" - as T.9337 "Variety Number 25"
Stanelli & Edgar play "Stay Out Of The South"
Watch my 9.5mm optical sound print - "Variety Number
19" 02Aug2016
T.9334 "VARIETY NUMBER 22" (issued on
9.5mm Jan 1939)
Reggie Bristow & his Band play "That's What Life Is Made
Of"
David Burnaby sings "The Midshipmaid"
Albert Sandler (violin) with "Hungarian Dance" by
Brahms
T.9335 "VARIETY NUMBER 23" (issued on
9.5mm Oct 1938)
Reggie Bristow & his Band play "Sentimental Gentleman
From Georgia" vocal: The Modernique Quartette
Doris Hare sings "Clarence, That's My Beau"
Freddie Bamberger & Nevil Bishop on piano/drums play
"Some Of These Days" - as T.9323 "Variety No.
11"
The Six Lady Harpists perform "Pizzicato Polka"
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Variety
Number 23" 25Nov2013
T.9336 "VARIETY NUMBER 24" (issued on
9.5mm Oct 1938)
Reggie Bristow & his Band play "Peter Peter"
Nat Mills and Bobbie as King Charles and Nell Gwynn (comedy act)
The Six Lady Harpists play a waltz by Durand
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Variety
Number 24" 30Jul2014
T.9337 "VARIETY NUMBER 25" (issued on
9.5mm Nov 1938)
Reggie Bristow & his Band play "Stay Out Of My
Dreams"
Phyllis Stanley sings "That's My Home" - same as T9330
"Variety Number 18"
Pamela Grey & Pat Green sing & dance to "This Is The
Rhythm For Me" - as T9331 "Variety Number 19"
Teddy Brown (drums) with "Star Spangled Banner"
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Variety Number
25" 22Aug2016
T.9338 "VARIETY NUMBER 26" (issued on
9.5mm Feb 1939)
Reggie Bristow & his Band with Helen Raye singing "One
Tiny Tear"
Mario de Pietro (mandolin) plays "Londonderry Air"
Betty Astell sings "What Are Little Girls Made Of"
Terence McGovern & his Band play "Crazy People"
T.9339 "VARIETY NUMBER 27" (issued on
9.5mm Feb 1939)
Reggie Bristow & his Band with Helen Raye singing "In
The Valley Of The Moon"
Freddie Bamberger (piano) and Nevil Bishop (drums)
Teddy Brown (saxophone) with "Cabin In The Pines"
Betty Astell sings "You've Got Me Crying Again"
T.9340 "VARIETY NUMBER 28" (issued on
9.5mm Mar 1939)
Reggie Bristow & his Band play "Hold Me"
Betty Astell sings "I've Got The World On A String (Sitting
On A Rainbow)" - as T.9325 "Variety Number 13"
Freddie Bamberger (piano) plays "Happy Go Lucky You"
and "Paradise"
Watch a 9.5mm compilation of Reggie Bristow
dance band numbers: http://youtu.be/xeWSqmz6R6Q
14Jan2014
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STILL AVAILABLE ! (Nov 2016) A
100 minute DVD "BRITISH LION MUSICAL
SHORTS"
which includes a baker's dozen of these fascinating pre-war
British Lion variety shorts sourced from original 9.5mm optical
sound prints.
Artists include the bands of Joe Loss, Roy Fox, Reggie Bristow
and Terence McGovern,
songs from Vera Lynn, Chick Henderson, Betty Astell, Bob Lively
and Phyllis Stanley,
plus variety acts from Freddie Bamberger, Stanelli & Edgar,
Nat Mills & Bobby plus many others!
Send a cheque (payable G.L. Newnham) for £5.95 plus 95p UK
postage) to:-
G.L. Newnham, 22 Warren Place, Calmore, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 2SD
e-mail: presto @ pathefilm.uk (remove spaces for correct e-mail)
Pathé Vox Reviews
A series of seven 1 reel (300ft) musical shorts issued by
Pathéscope on 9.5mm optical sound during 1939 to 1941
probably named after the Pathé "Vox" 9.5mm optical
sound projector launched a year or two earlier ('vox' is 'voice'
in latin)
Pathéscope issued many features films on the 9.5mm
home movie film gauge, often these were shortened from the cinema
release. Naturally items such as musical numbers were easy to
remove, they were then often included in these "Pathé Vox
Reviews". Many 9.5mm film collectors have edited these
musical items back into the relevant 9.5mm sound feature film to
make a more complete version. In some cases this is a little
difficult as the surrounding plot has also been cut!
T.99342 "PATHE VOX REVIEW
NUMBER ONE" (issued on 9.5mm April
1939)
"Between You & Me & The Carpet" sung by Arthur
Riscoe & Francis Day - from "Public
Nuisance Number One" GB 1936
"Can't You See What I've Got" sung by George Gee &
Gina Malo - from "Strike It Rich"
GB 1934
"Riding In the T.T. Races" sung by George Formby - from
"No Limit"
GB 1935
T.9343 "PATHE VOX REVIEW
NUMBER TWO" (issued on 9.5mm May 1939)
"Riding Around On A Rainbow" sung by Florence Desmond
(and George Formby) - from "No
Limit" GB 1936
"I'm So Happy To Be Back Home" sung by Binnie Hale -
from "This Is The Life"
GB 1933
"Sonny Hale and Wilma Vane dance a rhumba, until they are
stopped by Sybil Grove from - "Marry
The Girl" GB 1935
Watch my 9.5mm sound print of "Pathe
Vox Review No.2" on You Tube 7Jul2013
T.9344 "PATHE VOX REVIEW NUMBER
THREE" (issued on 9.5mm June 1939)
Binnie Hale & Gordon Harkler learn to dance the rhumba - from
"This Is The Life"
GB 1933
"Your Way Is My Way" sung by George Formby &
Florence Desmond - from "No Limit"
GB 1935
"Me And My Dog" sung by Frances Day - from "Public
Nuisance Number One" GB 1936
T.9601 "PATHE VOX REVIEW
NUMBER FOUR" (issued on 9.5mm October
1940)
"We're Tops On Saturday Night" played by Ambrose &
his Ochestra - from "Soft Lights &
Sweet Music" GB 1936
"I'm Still Dreaming" sung by Jack Buchanan - from "When
Knights Were Bold" GB 1936
"You Must Have Music" sung by Richard Tauber - from "Land
Without Music" GB 1936
T.9602 "PATHE VOX REVIEW
NUMBER FIVE" (issued on 9.5mm November
1940)
"Riding Up The River Road" sung by The Rhythm Brothers
- from "Soft Lights & Sweet
Music" GB 1936
Jack Buchanan does a shuffle dance to "I'm Still
Dreaming" - from "When Knights
Were Bold" GB 1936
"Heaven In A Song" sung by Richard Tauber - from "Land
Without Music" GB 1936
T.9603 "PATHE VOX REVIEW
NUMBER SIX" (issued on 9.5mm December
1940)
"Peanuts" sung by Sam Browne with Ambrose & his
Orchestra - from "Calling All
Stars" GB 1937
"One of The Ruins That Cromwell Knocked About A Bit"
sung by Doreen Harris with Leon Cortez & his Coster Band -
from "Calling All Stars"
GB 1937
"Simple Little Melody" sung by Richard Tauber - from "Land
Without Music" GB 1936
T.9604 "PATHE VOX REVIEW
NUMBER SEVEN" (issued on 9.5mm March
1941)
"Serenade In The Night" sung by Sam Browne with Ambrose
& his Orchestra - from "Calling All
Stars" GB 1937
"Stardust" played on the harmonica by Larry Adler -
from "Calling All Stars"
GB 1937
Harry Tate & the Western Brothers in a motoring sketch - from
"Soft Lights & Sweet Music"
GB 1936
(Maybe Pathéscope had plans to issue a few more of these
reviews (the reference numbers have not been used up to T.9629),
but a dreaded thing called World War 11 was now for real and I
believe most 'home movie' film releases were now stopped apart
from newsreels presumably to save materials for use in bomb
making. In any case Pathéscope were by now contracted mostly to
war work.)
Son Reviews
A series of six (100ft- 140ft) musical shorts issued by
Pathéscope on 9.5mm optical sound in 1956
probably named after the 1950s Pathéscope "Son" 9.5mm
optical sound projector ('son' is 'sound' in latin)
All six of these "Son Reviews"
came from the British 1951 feature "The
Kilties Are Coming" an Advance
Production, produced & directed by Robert Jordan Hill,
photographed by Phil Grindrod and distributed by Adelphi Films,
consisting of a series of variety acts performed in a TV studio
with interviews with the parents conducted by McDonald Hobley.
(The full feature was not issued on 9.5mm - it is believed
somewhat dire! Voted by 64% of cinema managers in a 1951/52 trade
survey by the CEA as "Poor or Very Poor")
Credited actors in the feature film
include - Peter Sinclair, McDonald Hobley, Margaret Thomson,
Molly Booth, Agnes Quinn, Ralph Bryson, Fran Lawrence, Molly
Morrell, Kim Houghton and The Royal Kiltie Juniors who comprised
singers, dancers and a band - average age 16 years, trained by
Arthur and Madeline Fox.
Agnes Quinn (first singer in "Son
Review No.3") married Garner Hardgrove in 1954. They met at
one of the Royal Kiltie Juniors performances in Germany when he
was stationed there with the U.S. Air Force after World War 11.
After they married they moved back overseas. They currently live
in Florida, USA. Agnes remembers Kim (see below) was referrred to
as "The Opera Singer" (Thanks to Mathew,
her grandson for this information)
Barbara Houghton (stage name Kim) from
Dukinfield, was about 17 when she appeared with the Royal Kiltie
Juniors in "The Kilties Are
Coming". She had to wait till her 18th
birthday in August, to leave on a European tour with the Royal
Kiltie Juniors. Kim, xylophonist and principal soprano with the
group, sailed alone from Tilbury to Gothenburg, near Stockholm.
The troope went to Lapland and to Denmark. In Copenhagen they
appeared for one night at the K.B. Hall one of the largest in
Europe - Bob Hope, who was appearing the next night, met Mr
Arthur Fox the director and the Kilties themselves and
complimented them on a fine show. One English lady took some of
them (including Barbara) home to tea, and a Danish lady gave
Barbara a set of silver teaspoons with views of Copenhagen on the
handles. The tour continued with three weeks in Germany
entertaining the British and American troops, then onto Holland
and Switzerland - a total of around 20,000 miles travelling in
their private bus!
T.9772 "SON REVIEW NO. 1"
(issued on 9.5mm June 1956) (120ft)
Peter Sinclair sings "A Highland Honeymonn"
Kim Houghton renders "We All Have A Song In Our Heart"
T.9773 "SON
REVIEW NO. 2" (issued on 9.5mm June
1956) (140ft)
Ralph Brison sings "I Wandered Alone As A Stranger"
The Choir sing "Ave Maria"
T.9774 "SON
REVIEW NO. 3" (issued on 9.5mm June
1956) (140ft)
The Irish ballad "Eileen O" sung by Agnes Quinn
(centre), Kim Houghton and another girl from The Royal Kiltie
Juniors
A Strauss Waltz selection sung and danced by The Royal Kiltie
Juniors
Watch my 9.5mm sound print "Son
Review No.3":- http://youtu.be/wsisUNgFhZI
15Mar2013
T.9775 "SON
REVIEW NO. 4" (issued on 9.5mm
December 1956) (100ft)
The Royal Kiltie Juniors sing "My Ain Folk" and "I
Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded"
T.9776 "SON
REVIEW NO. 5" (issued on 9.5mm
December 1956) (100ft)
Agnes Quinn sings the Irish ballad "Phil the Fluter's
Ball"
An Irish jig
T.9777 "SON
REVIEW NO. 6" (issued on 9.5mm
December 1956) (100ft)
Peter Sinclair sings "Cock Of the North"
The later three titles are quite rare as it is
believed only "3 bands" - that is just 9 prints of each
were struck
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14May2012 - tidied, into alphabetical order and a few extra
titles added
02Aug2012 - Dinah Kaye photo added - thanks Pam MacKinnon!
04/14March2013 - You Tube links to some of my 9.5mm sound prints
added (and films uploaded) - gln
15March2013 - Son Reviews added with You Tube link 01July2013 "Feux
de Joie" clips added with YouTube link
11July2013 - Pathe Vox Reviews added with YouTube link /
02Sept2013 "Jivin' and Jammin' " added to
YouTube
09Sept2013 - "Clap Hands" and "The
Mad Hatter" added to You Tube 29Oct2013 - "Land
Without Music" added
01Jan2014 - "The Show's the Thing" added to
YouTube / 06Jan2014 Extra text for Son Reviews added
14Jan2014 - Reggie Bristow compilation added to You Tube plus Son
Review text updates & 21Jan2014
28May2014 - "Kiddies On Parade" added with
YouTube upload / 30May2014 "Variety No.17"
YouTube upload added
19Jun2014 - "Variety No.16"; 30Jul2014 - "Variety
No.24" YouTube uploads added
02Aug2016 - "Variety No.19" YouTube upload
added / 22Aug2016 - "Variety No.25" YouTube
upload added