Ronald Frankau Aka Rondald Frankau (1942)

Ronald Frankau - ’The Crooner’. Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London. Various shots of Ronald Frankau as he cracks a few jokes before donning a wig, false nose and glasses to croon a country song “Give me a Mustang and Rifle“ in the style of the radio crooners of the day. He finishes, cracks a joke about a couple meeting at an air raid shelter and curtsies. End Titles. 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 (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.