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Domestic Recordings - OtherPresumed recorded: 1932-1935 |
Contents: [ The "Marcus Games" Discs, | Eleven New Video Recordings, | Betty Bolton | The 'Other' Women, | The 'Baritone', | It's Quiz Time! ]
The 'Baritone'
 ©Mark Savage |
Two recordings show a man dressed in a light jacket, collar and tie, singing either a ballad or an operatic solo with great gusto. Identification is difficult, but I feel there is a possibility that this is John Rorke (on the left) - a frequent performer on BBC 30-line transmissions. The photograph at the left is of John Rorke in November 1934. |
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Quiz Time...
©DFMcLean 1998 |
Well, this is where you really find out that the image quality is rather poor and that interpreting 30-line television images is difficult if the subject is unusual. Even having the benefit of the higher detailed restorations and the complete recordings, I am still in the dark about what this could be. These come from one of two recordings that look like a puppet show with stencil-figure animations. On the left is some bizarre creature, who should be recognisable given the distinctive movement - but isn't. On the right there is some sort of cartoon character pushing what I think is a scene change. |
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