THE TWO LESLIES
(Leslie Sarony and Leslie Holmes )
Britain's Brightest Entertainers
ALEXANDER AND MOSE in 'Dark Subjects'
IVOR MORETON AND DAVE KAY
The Original ' Tiger Rag ' Pianists with BETTY RAIE and OSSIE NOBLE
JENNY HOWARD
The Comedy Girl assisted by PERCY KING
GABY VALLE
Soprano
Britain's Master of Comedy
WILL HAY AND HIS SCHOLARS
THE BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by CHARLES SHADWELL
Of the Two Leslies, Sarony went from soldiering to songs: Holmes from biscuits to broadcasting. Sarony was invalided to Malta during the war, and his first songs were composed for hospital concerts. He had no idea he would one day write winners like ' I say Tweet-tweet '. Holmes travelled in biscuits after working on a farm and playing the piano in a cinema. He was to become Henry Hall 's drummer at the Gleneagles Hotel, and, later, to discover that he had a voice.
Among others in tonight's bill are
Billy Bennett as Mose, and James Carew as Alexander; Ivor Moreton and Dave Kay , once ' dizzy-fingered duettists' in Harry Roy 's Band ; Jenny Howard , and her husband, Percy King (who still talk of the marvellous holiday they spent at Marrakesh, in Morocco) ; Gaby Vallé, just back from Italy (tonight she is to sing the Jewel Song from Faust; and ' Britain's Master of Comedy ', Will Hay, the world's worst schoolmaster.