Summary

Footage Information

British Pathé
(DON MARINO BARRETTO & HIS CONGA BAND)
No titles. Don Marino Barretto and his Conga Band.

Pathe Studio, London.

Commentator introduces Don Marino Barretto and his Conga Band playing "that very popular number, Tabu".

The band play and sing on a palm-fringed balcony. They wear extravagantly frilled Latin American shirts. Various C/Us of instrumentalists. Don Marino Barretto sits at piano in white dinner jacket with flounces at neck and cuffs, singing main theme of song.

This item features a great maracas player! I'm going to try out those moves with mine when I get home! - SL.

This is duplicate of New Sound Pictorial NSP 267 - see separate record for details.
British Pathe
1941
00:02:08:00
Black & White
Sound
2887.08

Keywords

Pathe Studio London Don Marino Barretto Conga Band music Tabu singing Latin American fashions pianos maracas musical instruments variety entertainment celebrities
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