Highlight - The Singing Cinema Reel 3 & 4 (1934-1949)

Made in 1964. Compilation of lots of extracts - check copyright especially for feature films. Reel 3 High angle shot of what looks like a set representing a radio studio. Orchestra plays and man rushes through the door to the microphone. C/U of the Stanley Lupino who is performing a song which may be called “What’s Her Name“ from the film “You Made Me Love You“. Pete Murphy talks about the Lupinos - England’s oldest theatrical family. He introduces Stanley, Laddie Cliff and John Wood who perform “a fast and funny number.“ The three singers wear tail suits and do a little choreographed routine to the song “Side By Side“ from the film “Over She Goes“. They walk around a hotel setting singing their song. Excellent camera work! The boys do a tap routine as couples dance a fox-trot around the outside of the dance floor. As the song ends they stand on a magic carpet which whisks them away (stop frame animation). The “cheeky chipmunk“ is next - Jessie Matthews appearing in her first film “Out of t
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