Peter Brough Issue Title Is Mum's The Word! (1943)

Part of issue MUM'S THE WORD.



Pathe Studios, London.



Various shots of Peter Brough the ventriloquist with his dummy John (a disembodied head on a stick). The set is dressed to look large hallway of a large house. Peter wears evening dress and smokes a cigar to disguise his mouth moving. They finish their comic act with a song with a wartime theme: "You're a Little Chap with Big Ideas".
FILM ID:1570.05

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