Millicent Phillips (1935)

Titles read: There are few men, or women, who are not touched by the sweet, pure voice of a talented child singer. Here is dainty MILLICENT PHILLIPS a young 10yearold Midland prodigy, singing a song known to us Pathe Studio, London. Various shots of curlyhaired 10yearold Millicent Phillips, wearing a mariboutrimmed satin dress (and quite a lot of makeup ) and singing a song about a Little Brown Owl. Although she is rather precocious, I have to admit that Millicent does have a pretty voice very high and dainty and is quite expressive in her singing. Two model owls in a model tree in the studio flash their eyes at appropriate times during the song. Note: there is a news cutting on file about Millicent wowing the judges of the Cheltenham Music Festival and being declared a little genius only to be disqualified on account of her age because she was entered in a class of 12 to 15 year olds. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH