Collinson And Dean (1932)

Full titles read: Pathetone presents: Collinson Dean The famous comedians of Variety, and Gramophone London (probably Pathe Studio). Comedy team Collinson and Dean do a routine as two sailors on board deck. The one on the right is feeling a bit worse for wear after his night ashore; he ended up sleeping on a tombstone. They go through a lot of moaning talk about life on board and travels to foreign lands. The one on the left says he is a widower a twicer but he is courting another girl called Alice. He says he can t marry her until he gets something off his chest, and lifts up his shirt to show a tattoo reading I luv Mary the other one gives him a smack round the head. They then hear that the cook has fallen overboard and say it s the first bit of luck the ship s had for years. They join hands and sing Auld Lang Syne with the words Our cook has fallen overboard and he s forty knots behind. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNE