GRACIE FIELDS
SINGING IN THE RAIN. Gracie Fields, whose film "Shipyard Sally,” is delighting New Zealanders, astounded Frenchmen by standing on a pavement in the rain, and singing for 20 minutes to hundreds of cheering Tommies who had recognised her while she was walking along a street in France. 111, and on her way tc. Italy to rest and sunshine she insisted on singing for the troops. She gave one concert and afterwards went shopping when she was recognised by two soldiers. Immediately she was surrounded by a cheering, whistling crowd above which her voice rose in "Sing As We Go.” The soldiers joined in the chorus, and then came "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World," including the lines "They’re Going to String Old Hitler tc the Very Highest Branch." , .An hour later she gave her second concert to an audience of 2,500, which, included generals who joined in the choruses.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1939, Page 5
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