| MILLICENT PHILLIPS Pretty 10-year-old singing prodigy Millicent Phillips performs 'Little Brown Owl' in the studio. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6935 |
| Catalog #: | 193367 | |
| Clip Number: | 193367-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PSP 901 | |
| Timecode: | 01:08:56 - 01:11:20 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1935 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Skills ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Vocal LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | 'There are few men, or women, who are not touched by the sweet, pure voice of a talented child singer. Here is dainty MILLICENT PHILLIPS - a young 10-year-old Midland prodigy, singing a song known to us all.' London. Various shots of curly-haired 10-year-old Millicent Phillips, wearing a maribou-trimmed satin dress (and quite a lot of make-up!) and singing a song about a 'Little Brown Owl'. Although she is rather precocious, I have to admit that Millicent does have a pretty voice - very high and dainty - and is quite expressive in her singing. Two model owls in a model tree in the studio flash their eyes at appropriate times during the song. Note: there is a news cutting on file about Millicent wowing the judges of the Cheltenham Music Festival and being declared "a little genius" - only to be disqualified on account of her age because she was entered in a class of 12 to 15 year olds. | |
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