Piccaver (1932)

Full titles read: "And now Pathetone Weekly presents the celebrated Operatic Tenor Piccaver. Singing to disabled ex-service men at a concert at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton. (Organised by Stock Exchange War Wounded Entertainment Fund.)
Roehampton, London.
Various shots of tenor Alfred Piccaver singing on a stage at Queen Mary's Hospital. Numerous cutaways show men sitting in the audience; some are in beds at the front, some of the others have bandages on their heads or their arms in slings, some sit in wheelchairs. A group of nurses watch too. Unusual shot of Piccaver against a backdrop of the men watching. The men applaud and cheer at the end of the number.
(Cheering continues over Pathetone end titles.)
FILM ID:1048.05
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Excellent

[@kiwihans100]

Poor men all wounded in war! ( I went to Burdett-Couts school, founded by Lady Bowes-Lyon)! Lovely man singing no doubt without payment to bring a little joy!

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emozionante!

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0:55 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

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'For thee alone', by Gheel.

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2:11 (Queen Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon: Cheering and Applause) Queen Mother

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0:55 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon

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Fra i tenori uno dei rivali di Fleta.
Grandissimo Artista.
Chapeau bas.

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