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COVER FOOTAGE AND POSSIBLE INTERVIEW AT THE MORTON DOWNEY SHOW ON WRC RADIO FOR A NIGHTLIE PIECE ON GAYS IN THE MILITARY OFF AIR RECORDING OF THE WRC MORTON DOWNEY SHOW.

Sean Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program The Morton Downey Jr. Show

Full titles read: "MORTON DOWNEY - The famous American, Radio, Film and Recording Star. Filmed at Cafe de Paris, London." <br/> <br/>Intertitle reads: "Midnight - and though suburban roads may be quiet and lonely, dancing feet throng the floor here - (To the music of Jack Harris and his boys)." <br/> <br/>Very Good shots of the guests and stars dancing to the jazz music of Jack Harris. There are numerous celebrities at the venue including the film star Thelma Todd, Nelson Keys, Dorothy Dickson, Ruth Roland and the composer Horatio Nicholls. Good L/S's and M/S's of Morton Downey sitting at piano singing 'Stormy Weather'

Morton Downey Sr. sings three songs:<p><b>ROSE OF TRALLE</b> Wistful Irish Girls, look and smile at camera.<p><b> IT'S THE SAME OLD SHILLELAGH</b> Couples do Irish dance in traditional costumes.<p><b>WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING</b> Morton Downey plays the piano and sings, smiling Irish girls smile for the camera.

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b&w - musical short - That's How I Spell Ireland - Morton Downey - soundie - theatrical curtains part, open - Irish tenor sits at piano with boy - Irish maiden in period costume flirts at camera, sits in window sill - c/u female walks through bushes and smiles at camera wears western outfit - c/u male singer faces camera exterior - c/u pretty lady leans against wall, c/u woman sews or embroiders, looks to camera - man or father sings to boy or son at piano

Morton Downey, Jr.

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b&w - newsreel - mos - Crescent City film - movie star junket - celebrities travel by airplane - Ann Richards - Morton Downey Jr. interior private airplane - c/u young man sips foam from champagne bottle top - c/u female celeb wears hair in pin curls, sips beverage from cup, c/u man seated in corner by round window - c/u young woman, celebrity, w/ hair in pin curls looks to camera, makes funny face w/ eyes - young man tries to dry his hands after handling wet champagne bottle older woman walks into passenger cabin from cockpit - joins man and woman w/ pin curls older woman shows younger woman various tablets or pills (drugs) she gets from her cosmetic travel bag woman takes tablet and sips other woman's beverage (possibly alcohol and drug mixture) older woman shows her stash of fifth of whiskey she has in paper bag and makes funny gestures as if she would never drink it aerial pov, part of airplane visible - aerial over land, water - pov from cockpit window, pilot pov - window wiper visible (not working) - interior private airplane cabin - passengers, curtains on windows - aerial shot over rocky coast - pilot pov movpov straight ahead on landing strip - w/s exterior private plane on ground, passengers exit 10-12 seater plane on tarmac wider shot of parked cars, plane b/g - c/u man carries clothing from plane, w/s airport field, brief landing

Interview with Talks Show Host Morton Downey, Jr

INCOMPLETE CS VO PROFILING TELEVISION PERSONALITY MORTON DOWNEY JR. AND HIS BRAND OF TABLOID TELEVISION. 10:00:01:10 VS of Downey greeting people before entering a television studio. Soundbites of people who say they like the show. VS of the audience applauding Downey during a taping of the Morton Downey Jr Show. Blank to End. CI: PERSONALITIES: DOWNEY, MORTON JR. INDUSTRIES: TELEVISION.

Titles read: "NOW Pathe Pictorial has pleasure in presenting - THE JESTERS - The famous American Comedy Team in their burlesque of American Broadcasting". <br/> <br/>Pathe Studio, London. <br/> <br/>The Jesters, three men in evening dress accompanied by piano, give their "Impersonation of a few of the popular American radio stars singing their respective theme songs". <br/> <br/>They sing the following numbers: 'When The Blue Of The Night...' in style of Bing Crosby, 'Carolina Moon' in style of Morton Downey, 'You Call It Madness' in the style of Russ (Ross?) Columbo, The Romeo of Song, 'When The Moon Comes Over The Mountains' in style of Katie Smith (?), unidentified song done as 'Scram Sam' (?), 'Marta' in style of Arthur Tracy - "The Street Cleaner" and 'I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You' in the style of The Mills Brothers. <br/> <br/>Throughout these numbers other members of the group introduce radio commercials, with suitable puns for, amongst other things, Beechams Pills, Chesterfields, Colgate Toothpaste etc. During the last number, the group also impersonate trumpets playing. <br/> <br/>This is duplicate of item in Pathe Sound Pictorial PSP 865 - see separate record for details.

[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 1)

Ten Democratic senators hold an ad-hoc hearing on tobacco issues, including teen smoking, the FDA rules and addiction.

OC / 280 / SOF / MAG / SIL VS MR SEAN MORTON DOWNEY, FORMER FINANCE COMMISSION FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEES COMMISSION ON DELEGATE SELECTION AND PARTY STRUCTURE, ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. DISCUSSES HIS PLATFORM, REASONS FOR RUNNING, ETC. COMMENTS ON SUPPORT FOR ANTI-ABORTION MOVEMENT. CI: PERSONALITIES: DOWNEY, MORTON.

B-ROLL OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH REMARKS TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS.

c 1955 <br/> <br/>This is a duplicate copy of documentary also found on tape PM1863 and PM1864 - this version has been transferred from neg so is better copy. Footage is in slightly different order in this version. <br/> <br/>Pathe retrospective. This reel is about musicians. Library material used should be found in more complete versions elsewhere. <br/> <br/>Reel 7. <br/> <br/>Clarice Mayne, Ralph Lynn and Harry Welchman are seen in the audience at the Pathe cinema laughing and reminiscing. This section shot sometime around 1955. "Their yesterdays are our brightest memories" states the narrator. A cinema audience is seen and the camera pans up to the screen. Two men sitting at the back of the cinema are seen in semi darkness as the film begins. <br/> <br/>1930s nightclub sequence starts with a mixed race band playing "Happy Feet" a tune from Tin Pan Alley . Morton Downey plays the piano and sings Stormy Weather at the Cafe de Paris. Black performer "Hutch" sings "Trees" at a small select nightclub. <br/> <br/>Beryl Davies sings Room 504, she is accompanied on the piano by the song's composer George Posford. Charlie Kunz plays a waltz on the piano - various shots. Moreton and Kay play a jazzed up version on the twin pianos. <br/> <br/>The Harry Lime theme (from film The Third Man) is played by Anton Karas on a zither. Some very serious women sit and listen in an intimate dining club setting. <br/> <br/>Note; apparently the correct spelling of the singer's name is Beryl Davis

Bill Boggs continuing interview - talks passionately about Morton Downey Jr.'s TV show.

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