Mark Hambourg (1932)
Full titles read: "Now Pathetone has pleasure in presenting another 'Star' MARK HAMBOURG, the celebrated pianist playing.... The famous 'Prelude in C Sharp Minor' by Rachmaninoff." Pathe Studio, London. Mark Hambourg stands by grand piano and introduces Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor. He tells of its "extraordinary appeal to popular imagination" and explains it has been played all over the world and arranged for every instrument, even adapted for jazz dancers. He sits at piano and plays. Includes close shots of his hands on keyboard. He stands and bows at end of piece. Followed by title trailer telling us to 'Look out for next week's Pathetone with Norman Long, the Celebrated Entertainer.' This is duplicate of item in Pathetone PT 108 - see separate record for details. FILM ID:2881.07 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
Full titles read: "Now Pathetone has pleasure in presenting another 'Star' MARK HAMBOURG, the celebrated pianist playing.... The famous 'Prelude in C Sharp Minor' by Rachmaninoff." Pathe Studio, London. Mark Hambourg stands by grand piano and introduces Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor. He tells of its "extraordinary appeal to popular imagination" and explains it has been played all over the world and arranged for every instrument, even adapted for jazz dancers. He sits at piano and plays. Includes close shots of his hands on keyboard. He stands and bows at end of piece. Followed by title trailer telling us to 'Look out for next week's Pathetone with Norman Long, the Celebrated Entertainer.' This is duplicate of item in Pathetone PT 108 - see separate record for details. FILM ID:2881.07 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/