Arthur Prince (1936)

Probably filmed in the Pathe Studios, London. Ventriloquist Arthur Prince performs his act with his dummy ’Jim’. Both Arthur and ’Jim’ are dressed as sailors and the set is dressed as if their were on a warship. Arthur is smoking a cigar to show that he couldn’t be saying ’Jim’s’ lines. They make jokes about the various ranks in the army. They make jokes about mules. Periods of leave on shore. Leaving loved ones at home. In CU you can see Arthur’s lips move. 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 th