Celebrity Collection (#4)

Clarice Mayne, popular stage actress and considered one of the finest principle boys in the pantomime business, pictured laying the first brick of the Karsino

Mr. C. B. Cochran introduces his old ladies
Brilliant illustration by H. H. Harris imagining the scene in a theatre if impresario C. B. Cochran introduced his old rather than the usual young ladies

Margaret Whigham flower arranging in Selfridges window
Miss Margaret Whigham settling an argument how a florists window should look by very publicly dressing the window of Selfridges flower shop in October 1932

Evelyn Nesbit and Mr Clifford
Evelyn Nesbit, aka Mrs Harry Thaw, pictured with Mr. Clifford with whom she was performing at the London Hippodrome revue, Hello Ragtime in 1913

Babs the tiger cub at the London Hippodrome
Babs, a male tiger cub bred by Herr Richard Sawade, who was exhibiting his troupe of performing wild animals at the London Hippodrome

Advert for Phospherine with Adele Astaire 1923
Advertisement for Phospherine tonic featuring Adele Astaire, sister and dance partner of her brother Fred during the 1920s

Aquascutum advertisement with Owen Nares & Isabel Jeans
Advertisement for Aquascutum Limited depicting Owen Nares, starring in Counsels Opinion at the Strand Theatre wearing an Aquascutum coat which eventually ends up on his co-star Isabel Jeans

Elsa Maxwell and her Moods painting
Feature in The Sketch showing party thrower, entertainer and social fixer Elsa Maxwell alongside a painting she did as part of an exhibition organised by her in Paris on the theme of Moods in which

Fortnum & Mason fashion ad - Mrs Philip Kindersley
Advertisement for a ready-to-wear suit in pale green wool tweed with white revers from Fortnum & Mason, modelled by society beauty, Mrs Philip Kindersley

Alexis Soyer
French-born Alexis Soyer was Britains first celebrity chef. He was head chef at Londons Reform Club, set up a soup kitchen in Dublin during the Irish Famine, wrote best-selling cookery books

Costume for the Eclipse Ball, Begum Aga Khan
A costume for the Eclipse Ball, a pageant ball to take place on 17 December at the Park Lane Hotel, London, in aid of St Johns Hospital, Lewisham

Four costumes for the Eclipse Ball, a pageant ball to take place on 17 December at the Park Lane Hotel, London, in aid of St Johns Hospital, Lewisham

Mrs Sydney van den Bergh in fancy dress for New Year
Mrs Sydney van den Bergh in fancy dress -- A Candelabrum to Light in 1931. To be worn by her at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball on New Years Eve at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Date: 1930

Viscountess Weymouth listening to music -- A Camerhapsody to Classic Jazz (Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue) -- part of an exhibition at 28 Old Burlington Street, London. Date: 1930

Personalities on the beach -- Hon Mrs Richard Norton, the wife of Lord Grantleys heir. Date: 1930

Personalities beside the pool and on the beach -- Lady Cynthia Mosley by the bathing pool, Cap d Antibes (top) and Cocktail Time

Steve Donoghue wins fancy dress competition at St. Moritz
Champion celebrity jockey Steve Donoghue dressed as a sailor, his winning costume at a fancy dress competition at the smart ski resort of St. Moritz

Margaret Whigham at the Famous Beauties Ball
Miss Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then Duchess of Argyll, pictured with her pet poodle dressed up a Perdita/Mrs Robinson at the Famous Beauties Ball at the Dorchester on 25 June

TV Celebrity Gardeners
Geoffrey Smith, Alan Titchmarsh, Percy Thrower, Charlie Dimmock, Bob Flowerdew, Geoff Hamilton, Diarmuid Gavin, Monty Don - TV Celebrity Gardeners

Bystander cover featuring Rosita Forbes
Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller and author (later Mrs. A. T. McGrath), pictured at the time her novel, " Ordinary People" was about to be published. Date: 1931

Parade of the bullfighters, Spain. Date: circa 1908

Juan Belmonte Garcia, Spanish bullfighter
Juan Belmonte Garcia (1892-1962), Spanish bullfighter. Date: circa 1910

Bombita, Ricardo Torres Reina, Spanish bullfighter
Bombita, Ricardo Torres Reina (1879-1936), Spanish bullfighter. Date: circa 1910

Machaquito, Rafael Gonzalez Madrid, Spanish bullfighter
Machaquito, Rafael Gonzalez Madrid (1880-1955), Spanish bullfighter. Date: circa 1910

Edna May - American Actress and singer
A beautifully-lit portrait photograph (reproduced on a postcard) of Edna May (1878-1948) - American Actress and singer, wearing an enormous feathered hat Date: 1907

Anna Pavlova - Russian Ballet Dancer (1881-1931). Date: circa 1910

Gracie Fields with friends
Gracie Fields (1898-1979) - English actress, singer and comedian and star of both cinema and music hall, pictured with friends at Prestbury, after returning from the United States. Date: 1943

Edna May - American Actress - Large ostrich feather hat
circa 1910s

Douglas Fairbanks in The Black Pirate
Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) in The Black Pirate (1926) 1926

Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) - English stage, film and television actress - leaning against a magnificent early open-top motor car, possibly a Rolls Royce. Date: 1916

Barbara Read - Canadian-American film actress
Barbara Read (1917-1963) - Canadian-American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Date: circa 1935

Dorothy Hall
Date: circa 1935

Cecilia Parker (1914-1993) - Canadian-born American film actress. Date: circa 1935

Leila Hyams - American model, vaudeville and film actress
Leila Hyams (1905-1977) - an American model, vaudeville and film actress, that came from a show business family. Date: circa 1935

Mary Pickford - Canadian motion picture actress
Mary Pickford (1892-1979) - Canadian motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Two anthropomorphic cat entertainers as The Dolly Sisters
In the footsteps of the Dolly Sisters - two anthropomorphic cat entertainers in the performing guise of the Dolly Sisters

Elizabeth Ponsonby
Miss Elizabeth Ponsonby (later the Hon. Mrs Dennis Pelly), one of the Bright Young Things of the 1920s, and daughter of Arthur Ponsonby a senior minister in the Labour government

David Niven and Primula Rollo Married
Hollywood actor David Niven, now Captain David Niven of the Rifle Brigade, and Primula Rollo, a wartime W.A.A.F. officer, pictured in The Bystander after being recently married. 1940

The Super Chief on the Santa Fe Railway
The Super Chief passenger service on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, USA. This train claimed to be The Train of the Stars due to the Hollywood celebrities it carried across America

Barbara Streisand, Joan Collins and Anthony Newley
A series of photos of Barbara Streisand, Joan Collins and husband Anthony (Tony) Newley at a party thrown by Jackie Collins at the newly-opened Chi-Chi Club in St. James, London

Gloria Swanson and Michael Farmer at Juan les Pins
Actress Gloria Swanson and her husband, Michael Farmer pictured in nautical chic at the fashionable resort of Juan Les Pins on the French Riviera. Date: 1932

Mr Charles Sweeney and Miss Margaret Whigham
Engagement of American golfer Charles Sweeney to society darling Miss Margaret Whigham in November 1932. As Mrs Charles Sweeney, Margaret was feted and even name checked by Cole Porter in the song

Illustrated London News spread - Yuri Gagarin visit to UK
Double page spread from the Illustrated London News reporting on the visit of Russian cosmonaut, Major Yuri Gagarin to London in July 1961

Adrienne Posta at the opening of the Tomcat boutique, 1966
The opening of Irvine Sellers new boutique, Tomcat in Carnaby Street in 1966 attended by the singer Adrienne Posta who looks a little unsettled to find herself sharing a ride with another

Lucy Bartlett - British celebrity and designer
Lucy Bartlett (1941- ), British celebrity and designer pictured at. Date: 1966

Royal Variety Performance 1965
A dozen of the 21 acts lined up for the Royal Variety Performance 1965. From left, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers, Shirley Bassey, Jack Benny, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dusty Springfield

Miss Ethel Warwick - British Stage Actress
Ethel Maud Warwick (1880-1951) - born in Hendon, Middlesex, England, she was married to actor Edmund Waller. In addition to being a star of musical comedies, Miss Warwick was an accomplished painter

Adelaide Hall outside her home 1A Collingham Road, London
Adelaide Hall outside her home 1A Collingham Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London SW5. Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a jazz innovator

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