His Pastimes (1926)

1926 · Silent film · 7 min · dir. Edwin B. DuPar

• Short
• Music

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Synopsis

Roy Smeck (1900-1994) sits on a bench in a garden. He's wearing a bow tie, a white on white shirt, and a sweater. First he plays the guitar, which is lying across his lap - it's a steel guitar sound using a slide in his left hand. Next he picks up the ukulele for an up-tempo number. After a few choruses, he stops and adds a mouth organ, playing it while both hands continue to play the uke. He finishes with a piece on a four-string banjo. With all three instruments, he gets percussive as well as…

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Details

Director

Edwin B. DuPar

Released

1926-08-06

Running time

7 minutes

Cast & crew

• Edwin B. DuPar Director
• RRoy Smeck

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