Billy Merson Issue Title From Misses To Merson (1936)

Billy Merson - vaudeville comedian - tries his hands at crooning. Pathe Studios, London. Various shots Billy standing in middle of big band, conducting. He sings a comic song - ’Keep off the Grass’. The song is about rebelling - about not paying the wireless license, ignoring ’keep off the grass’ signs and breaking into the BBC to shout rude words down the microphone! He then croons a sentimental song - ’My Mother’s Birthday’. He tries to be serious but the flutist and violinist on either side of him keep on distracting him with broken strings and squeaking instruments! 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 Bulleti