Billy Mayerl Issue Title Is Good Hunting (1944)

Part of issue GOOD HUNTINGDON. Pathe Studios, London. Pianist Billy Mayerl does impressions on his piano of a barrel organ, an old gramophone that slows down and then gets stuck (tune is “Do You Ken John Peel), a lady playing an old out-of-tune piano. A Scottie dog sitting next to piano starts to howl. Mayerl finishes by playing his signature tune “Marigold“. 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.
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