Peter Brough Issue Title Is Mum’s The Word! (1943)

Part of issue MUM’S THE WORD. Pathe Studios, London. Various shots of Peter Brough the ventriloquist with his dummy John (a disembodied head on a stick). The set is dressed to look large hallway of a large house. Peter wears evening dress and smokes a cigar to disguise his mouth moving. They finish their comic act with a song with a wartime theme: “You’re a Little Chap with Big Ideas“. 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.