[78-L] MGM Musical Shorts

[Marie Lamb]

For most of the time, yes, that was true; Tilden wore long pants on the
court until late in his career.  There are photos in the book "Big Bill
Tilden" by Frank DeFord, and probably online as well.

Marie

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net>wrote:

> Marie Lamb says… “Well,  Bill Tilden made some tennis instructional
> films for MGM in 1930.
> They're not musical shorts, but they are tennis shorts....”
>
> Yes, but he wore long pants in his tennis shorts!
>
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