This Was Yesterday - Reel 4 (1955)

c 1955 This is a duplicate copy of documentary also found on tape PM1863 and PM1864 - this version has been transferred from neg so is better copy. Footage is in slightly different order in this version. Pathe retrospective. This reel is about musicians and singers. Library material used should be found in more complete versions elsewhere. Reel 4. C/U of books in a library - two in the foreground are by Professor Joad. We see him in his library and hear an oratory about “knowledge“. George Bernard Shaw goes inside the rotating hut where he typed his manuscripts. Pathe film inside the hut as George puts a piece of paper into his typewriter. Renee and Billie Houston do a turn, one of the sisters is dressed as a boy. They demonstrate a trick with a cup and a match. Charles Laughton puts on his make up for his gangster part in Edgar Wallace’s “On the Spot“. We see him in his disguise with moustache and dressing gown. “The prince of pantomime principal boys“ Clarice Mayne is seen acting