played by Gordon Banner at the theatre organ
Gordon Banner began to play the organ at the age of fourteen, rectiving tuition from his uncle. the late Alfred Banner , who was organist and choirmaster of the parish church of Tipton, Staffs:
It was Reginald Dixon who introduced him to the cinema organ in 1929 and in 1930 he went to America and made the acquaintance of Jesse Crawford. He appeared as guest organist at various cinemas in the U.S.A. In this country he has held appointments at the Ritz, Oxford. the Commodore, Hammersmith, and the Odeon. Manchester.