| FLORENCE DESMOND AND FLANAGAN AND ALLEN | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7064 |
| Catalog #: | 194997 | |
| Clip Number: | 194997-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 370 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:42 - 01:28:15 | |
| Location: | Essex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Historical ENTERTAINMENT: Comedy FARMING: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex OCCUPATIONS: Argiculture / Farming / Raching SCENICS: Villages | |
| Description: | DESMOND FLORENCE STAGE ARTIST FLORENCE DESMOND AT HOME. Part of issue AIRS AND GRACES. Hempstead, Essex. Various shots of picturesque village where Dick Turpin was born. Pollards Cross, Essex. Various shots of large Tudor farm house owned by actress and impressionist Florence Desmond. M/S of Florence standing next to pony. She talks to camera and answers narrator's questions. She is wearing trousers. Various shots of fields, a land girl drives a tractor. Various shots cattle and pigs. C/U of Michael, Florence's adopted son, holding rope leash of calf. M/S of land girl feeding chickens and feeding eggs. Florence explains how the farm is helping the war effort. C/U of Florence; she complains that government have sent comedians Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen of the Crazy Gang to the farm to work as land girls! Various shots of Bud and Chesney trying to build a haystack but making a mess in the process. Various shots of "Monsewer" Eddie Gray pretending to be scarecrow and juggling for little Michael. Comic sketch with Flanagan and Allen. They are in a barn discussing how to milk a cow. Florence enters and suggests they all go back to the theatre, Bud and Chesney reply: "Hi-de-Hi!". | |
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