Liberace Leaving Law Courts (1959)

Unissued / unused material. Liberace leaving Law Courts in London. Various shots of the flamboyant pianist walking from courthouse to waiting car, he is protected from crowd of reporters and fans by policeman. Liberace is wearing an uncharacteristically sombre suit, he smiles at the camera. Shots are a bit wobbly in places as cameraman is jostled by crowd. Liberace was in court for a libel case - he won £8000 from the Daily Mirror after the “Cassandra“ column implied the singer was homosexual. Date on dope sheet was 02/06/1959. 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 (1