Billy Mayerl And George Gee Issue Title Is Here’s Fun (1940)

Part of HERE’S FUN issue. Pathe Studios, London. Various shots of Billy Mayerl and George Gee doing a sketch from the musical comedy they are appearing in “Runaway Love“. Mayerl plays the piano while Gee clowns about with the sousaphone. The sousaphone is a gigantic brass instrument. The two decide to have a competition - who can produce the most sound. Mayerl summons two men in brown coats, they add an extra section to the piano to turn it into a grand. 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