Billy Leonard (1929)

No titles. Musical comedy star Billy Leonard. Probably filmed in Pathe Studio, London. M/S of pianist at grand piano playing a jaunty introduction. Comedian / singer / dancer Billy Leonard walks into shot, wearing white tie and tails, carrying a top hat. He says “What a delightful audience!“ and talks of his Aunt Mabel who is sitting in the front row of the stalls - “Look at her beautiful teeth... both of them. One in the attic and the other in the basement - she believes in central eating!“. He then says he will sing us a song called ’Oh Mother, Open The Window, I Want To Throw Out My Chest’. He puts on his top hat and sings a jaunty song about a young man ringing a girl on the telephone. It might be called ’Nothing Very Particular On Tonight’. The girl in question tells the man “Come round John, I’ve got nothing particular on, and I’ll have nothing very particular on tonight!“ (saucy!). While he is singing, Billy takes a cigarette out of a silver case and attempts to light it but the matc