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1939 BOXING / SHOWBIZ: Boxer Tony Galento launches stage career
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1:00Now PlayingDate: 30th March 1939
Location: NEW YORK: U.S.A.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: '2-Ton' Boxer Trains for Stage Debut
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General views Galento in fighting kit in ring / Galento in dress clothes being coached by wife to sing / General view group including Galento at desk and Jimmy Durante (comedian) clowning with boxing gloves / Durante knocks Galento's topper off / Durante knocks himself out / Galento & Durante dressed up for Romeo & Juliet act / Galento & Durante talking & Galento gets hold of Durante's nose.
Sound Effects. Galento 'sings' "Love in Bloom".
Durante & Galento do Romeo & Juliet act, and clowning.
Personalities - Performers; Personalities - Sport; Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), United States of America
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