Leslie Weston (1939)

Titles read: “Now For A Chuckle With - LESLIE WESTON - The Cheery Chatterbox of Radio and Variety Fame“. London, probably Pathe Studio. Various shots of comedian Leslie Weston in evening dress, standing beside a grand piano. He tells several jokes, like the one about the man who died and was late arriving in heaven because he couldn’t get through the barrage balloons. A few ’cockney’ jokes follow, then Leslie talks of his stuttering brother who was called up to the army and sent to the machine gun division. Then Leslie sings a little song about the prayers of well-known people, including boxer Jack Doyle and Adolf Hitler. FILM ID:1194.2 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 agencie