Frank Wignall - Stonecracker John (1932)

Full title reads: “Now for Frank Wignall the well-known Baritone, in a Character Song - “Stonecracker John“ M/S of Frank Wignall dressed as a countryside tramp. He wears a smock and a battered hat. He holds a pipe but doesn’t smoke it. Backdrop and set represent a countryside scene. The song seems to be about what John would do if he had his way - including telling the young men how to treat a lady. (It is rather difficult to make out the words on this particular Steenbeck.) He has a very deep voice. At the end of the song he takes his hat off and wipes his sweaty head with a handkerchief. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910