Warden And West Issue Title Is Stepping Out (1939)

Part of STEPPING OUT issue. Pathe Studios, London. Warden and West, comedy stars of the Windmill Theatre: the duo are male comedians in drag playing parts of saucy old Irish women, Biddy and Fanny. The set is designed to look like a park, the two sit on a bench. In the sketch, Fanny is writing a love story. Biddy mocks her and laughs at her literary efforts. Biddy mocks Fanny’s husband Harry’s lack of sex appeal, Fanny replies “Two stouts and a plate of whelks and Harry is a menace to our sex!“ Hilarious. 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