COMEDIAN AND ’CELLIST
scenes in “For the Love of Mike," with a ’cello.'have introduced Wylie Watson, the comedian, in a new guise to his fellow players. Between scenes, lie played in genuine Queen’s Hall style; and even the busy director, Monty Banks, paused to listen. It was then discovered that Wylie made his stage debut at the age of ten with the faliious Watson family. Between them they played practically every known instrument. Wylie was the prodigy of song and ’cello. He was nearly a young man I>efore be left his family to join forces with Jack Waller, then a budding comedian, and now one of the most outstanding of London’s theatrical managers. He presented the originaj stage version of "For the Love of Mike.” from which this 8.1. P. film was adapted. But Wylie lias not forgotten his early musical love, and his ’••ello is his sweetheart.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 105, 27 January 1933, Page 14
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148COMEDIAN AND ’CELLIST Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 105, 27 January 1933, Page 14
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