Leslie Holmes (1933)

Titles read: Millions of people have heard the smiling voice of Leslie Holmes over the air (especially when singing with Jack Payne s Band). Today we have induced him to face our Pathe Studio, London. Pianist sits playing at grand piano on set dressed to look like drawing room. Leslie Holmes enters and stands in front of a large boxlike microphone. He tells of how he was walking down Wardour Street when he was tapped on the shoulder and asked to make this item. Naturally, I got the wind up a little as he thought it was the income tax authorities etc. He says he is going to show us how he works the smiling voice business and adds there is not very much in it really, as he goes through life smiling and that really is worthwhile, isn t it . He picks up his sheet music and starts to sing. The song is Milano which tells of what a happy, jolly place Milan is and how You re never dull or dreary in Milano. He finishes the song and urges everybody to keep smili