Billy Merson (1935)

Titles read: “Now Pathetone has pleasure in presenting - The famous Comedian - Billy Merson - In his own original song ’The Spaniard who blighted my life!’“. London (probably Pathe Studio). Various shots of comedian Billy Merson singing the comic song ’The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life’. He is wearing a comical Spanish costume, with bandana, cummerbund, baggy trousers, and holds a ukulele. 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