Summary

Doubles tennis with US champion Ellsworth Vines and Groucho Marx vs. British champion Fred Perry and Charlie Chaplin, celebrities watch

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # 6388
Clip SR005346_03_01.mov
Date 7/11/1937
Title Doubles tennis with US champion Ellsworth Vines and Groucho Marx vs. British champion Fred Perry and Charlie Chaplin, celebrities watch
Description Title "Beverly Hills, Calif. - Paramount News" superimposed over spectators seated behind fence of tennis court, man watching with cigar in mouth / Groucho Marx gets out of sleeping bag on court and is handed ping pong paddle / Ellsworth Vines, Marx, Charlie Chaplin, and Fred Perry on court holding tennis rackets / closer shot, Chaplin shaking hands with Marx / Lady Sylvia Ashley and Constance Bennett greet others / CU Bennett wearing sunglasses / Vines and Marx play doubles match against Chaplin and Perry / CU Paulette Goddard smiling filming with movie camera, men behind her / Chaplin serving, then returning / Marx returning ball, people watching in bg / Ronald Colman looking dapper, others around / Perry and Chaplin playing, people watching in fg / CU side view Douglas Fairbanks / Chaplin hits ball out of bounds and swings racket in disappointment as he and Perry win match / players all sit on sidelines, photographers move in / all shots repeat without sound
Personality Groucho Marx, Ellsworth Vines, Charlie Chaplin, Fred Perry, Sylvia Ashley, Constance Bennett, Paulette Goddard, Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Country United States
Province/State California
City Beverly Hills

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