Leslie Hutchinson Issue Title Airs - Open And Musical (1936)

Pathe Studios, London. Leslie Hutchinson (aka Hutch or Jiver) sings “Don’t Let the River Run Dry“. M/S of Hutch sitting at grand piano singing ragtime song about slaves on cotton plantation. Note: Hutch, a black jazz musician from the West Indies, was one of the most popular performers in Britain at this time. The narrator bills him as “famous British entertainer“. AH 2001. 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.