Ronald Frankau (1937)

Full title reads: Pathetone has pleasure in presenting Ronald Frankau of Radio, Record and Stage fame. Pathe Studios, London, plus library footage from various exotic locations. Various shots of gravel voiced singer, Ronald Frankau, standing next to grand piano (played by a man referred to only as Monty probably Monty, Monte Crick SL). Frankau sings song Take Me Somewhere Love is Brutal. The song is more like rapidly spoken poem to music. Song is about love in jungle in Africa, piano accompaniment sounds like drumming. Frankau does comical sort of dance probably meant to invoke traditional danced in Africa. Performance is interspersed with archive shots of jungles, wild animals and primitive tribes. Quirky. Note: 4 feet of action missing from end of item, spacing inserted. Sound and picture slightly out of sync after spacing. AH 2001. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING I