WWII - 1945, USA Homefront: Horse Race & Betting Gag. ca May45
Intertitle: Racing Comes Back To New York and Lew (Tout) Lehr.
05:54:52 Overhead shot of huge crowd at Jamaica Race Track.
Aerial over huge crowd. Lew Lehr walking w/ binoculars, etc bumps into another large man.
05:55:05 MCU Man marking betting sheet; Lehr stops & grabs & looks at man’s notes, smiles & walks off.
05:55:11 Lehr on bench w/ bundle of messy newspapers; at betting window.
05:55:21 Race starts, horse out of starting gate. Jumping crowd; Lew Lehr looks thru binoculars, MCU cross-eyed. Horses running across finish line.
05:55:36 Lew Lehr tears up his ticket, saying / SOF: phooey! Man tells him he won; crawls on grandstand concrete floor looking for ticket.
05:56:02 End Title: Join the Mighty 7th War Loan.
WW2; 1940s; Gag; Stunts; Oddities; Comedy; Humor; Comedian;
WWII - 1945, USA Homefront: Horse Race & Betting Gag. ca May45 Intertitle: Racing Comes Back To New York and Lew (Tout) Lehr. 05:54:52 Overhead shot of huge crowd at Jamaica Race Track. Aerial over huge crowd. Lew Lehr walking w/ binoculars, etc bumps into another large man. 05:55:05 MCU Man marking betting sheet; Lehr stops & grabs & looks at man’s notes, smiles & walks off. 05:55:11 Lehr on bench w/ bundle of messy newspapers; at betting window. 05:55:21 Race starts, horse out of starting gate. Jumping crowd; Lew Lehr looks thru binoculars, MCU cross-eyed. Horses running across finish line. 05:55:36 Lew Lehr tears up his ticket, saying / SOF: phooey! Man tells him he won; crawls on grandstand concrete floor looking for ticket. 05:56:02 End Title: Join the Mighty 7th War Loan. WW2; 1940s; Gag; Stunts; Oddities; Comedy; Humor; Comedian;