Comedy Collection (page 5)

Music cover, Sing A Song, Charlie Chaplin
Music cover, Sing A Song, foxtrot song, words and music by Charles Chaplin, Abe Lyman and Gus Arnheim, featured in Charlie Chaplin's comedy film The Gold Rush Date: 1925

Tommy Trinder
Sketch depicting comedian Tommy Trinder (1909-1989) appearing in Band Waggon at the London Palladium. Date: 1939

Freddie Schweitzer and Marion Bellet
Sketch depicting variety acts Freddie Schweitzer and Marion Bellet & The English Brothers. Presumably they were supporting Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch at the London Palladium. Date: 1939

Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch
Sketch depicting comedians Arthur Askey (1900-1982) and Richard Murdoch (1907-1990). Their radio show Band Waggon had been a hit in 1938, and was turned into a stage show which they took on tour

Actress Valli Valli
Born Valli Knust in Berlin, Valli Valli (1882-1927) spent most of her life in England. She was a musical comedy actress who later made a transition into silent films. Date: circa 1910

Ruth Vincent with her son
Ruth Vincent (1877-1955), an English opera singer and actress. She began her career with the D'Oyly Carte opera company at the age of 17, and went on to appear in musical comedies

Noel Coward and Alfred Lunt, on balcony, Design for Living, theatrical portrait. With description, Meet Noel Coward and Alfred Lunt on a balcony

Two actors reading a wartime ??The Bystander?? between sho
Two actors in First World War costumes, reading a wartime issue of The Bystander between shows, theatrical portrait. Captioned, A Quiet Decko'

3 Star Comedies, Ben Turpin, Snub Pollard, Poodles Hanneford
British & Foreign Films, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 3 Star Comedies, featuring Ben Turpin, Snub Pollard and Poodles Hanneford Date: 1929

Scenes from comedy film, You Know What Sailors Are
Scenes from Gaumont comedy film You Know What Sailors Are Date: 1929

Gran pop the orangutan monkey riding a Kangaroo
Jump to it! - Humorous illustration on a Valentine's postcard by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing Gran pop the orangutan monkey riding a Kangaroo! Date: circa 1930

At the Barber - hirsute monkeys popping in for a trim... Date: 1905

Comic Postcard - Surprise at return of sober husband
Comic Postcard - A housewife explaining her surprise to a Policeman that her husband has returned home sober - there MUST be something suspicious...!!! Date: circa 1910

Comic postcard - Train Held up - in broad daylight!
A young paper boy winks at a passing gent, who is paying close attention to the pretty young lady wearing a glamorous pink dress (which she is holding up) and enormous hat

My Word! We caught THIS wandering here. Two young women mock a rather daft-looking young man, possibly trying to use his facial dexterity to gain their attention/affection?! Date: 1910

Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor, as Malvolio
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and theatre manager, as Malvolio in Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. Date: 1907

Posada, Advertisement, Teatro Infantil, Don Juan Tenorio
Advertisement, Teatro Infantil, Don Juan Tenorio -- a children's toy theatre, featuring the story of Don Juan Tenorio, a version of the legend of Don Juan

Illustration, Gravediggers scene, Hamlet
Illustration to the Gravediggers scene in Shakespeare's play, Hamlet (Act. V, Scene I)

Divine Comedy. Fifth Canto of the Purgatory. Dante talks wit
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Dante talks with Pia dei Tolomei, one of the three people who died violently. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Communist Communism Left Wing Daily Worker Newspaper
communist, communism, left, wing, daily, worker, newspaper, london, news, media, press, communications, journalism, newspapers, man, men, bert, baker, morning, star, journalist, interview

Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd, British comedy actors
Owen John "Terry" Scott (1927-1994), English actor and comedian. Seen here (left) with Hugh Lloyd (1923-2008), probably when they were both appearing in the TV comedy series, Hugh and I

Frank Muir, English comedy writer and media personality
Frank Muir (1920-1998), English comedy writer, and radio and television personality. Date: circa 1970s

Harry Secombe, Welsh entertainer and singer
(Sir) Harry Secombe (1921-2001), Welsh entertainer and singer. Seen here in a stripy blazer and straw boater. Date: circa 1950s

Stephenson Pamela Young Smiling Blond Blonde
stephenson, pamela, young, smiling, blond, blonde, helen, 1949, new, zealand, australian, clinical, psychologist, psychology, writer, author, actress, comedy, comedian, performer, entertainer, 1980s

Ken Livingstone with Adrian Edmonson and Rik Mayall
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician (centre). Seen here Adrian Edmondson (Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson)

Charlie Chaplin 1889 1977 Comic Actor Film Star
charlie, chaplin, 1889, 1977, comic, actor, film, star, performer, entertainer, comedy, director, old, age, elderly, trilby, hat, coat, fur, collar, 1960s, 60s, sixties, history, historical, 10472020

Charlie Chaplin and Max Linder in Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), comic actor, film star and director, with Max Linder (1883-1925), French pioneer of silent film, comedian, writer and director

Dante - Virgil - Purgatory
Dante & Virgil encounter the shadowy forms, that seem'd dead & dead again of souls in Purgatorio. Date: First published: 1307-21?

DANTE/DEAD LOVERS
Dead lovers. Date: First published: 1307-21?

Lew Lakes Colossal Comedy Company of Comedians
Promotional postcard for Lew Lakes Colossal Comedy Company of Comedians. Popular music hall sketch company set up by Lew Lake (1874-1939)

Mr Barnett Goodwood and girls in a scene from Fifty, Fifty Ltd at the Comedy Theatre, New York (1919) Date: 1919

The Fairyland scene from Happy Days at the Hippodrome, New York (1919). Produced by Charles Dillingham Date: 1919

Charles Danby as Roberts in The Lady Slavey Date: 1890s

Stuart Robson as Touchstone in As You Like It Date: 1890s

May Yohe as Phyllis in The Lady Slavey Date: 1890s

Lillie Langtry as Rosalind in As You Like It Date: 1890s

George Thorne as Touchstone in As You Like It Date: 1890s

Miss Roberts as Ethel Sportington in Morocco Bound
Miss Roberts as the Hon Ethel Sportington in Morocco Bound, a farcical musical comedy Date: 1890s

R G Knowles in a music hall sketch
R G Knowles, Canadian-American singer and comedian, in a music hall sketch Date: 1890s

J L Toole, English comic actor, manager and producer Date: 1890s

Adrienne Adele Augarde (1882-1913) - an English actress and singer popular for nearly a decade on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, primarily for her roles in Edwardian musical comedy

The Medal and the Maid, musical comedy at the Lyric Theatre, Tom B Daviss company, book by Owen Hall, lyrics by C H Taylor, music by Sidney Jones. Date: 1900s

The Duchess of Dantzic, written by Henry Hamilton, music by Ivan Caryll, a romantic comic opera based on the French play, Madame Sans Gene. Touring to Sale Public Hall

Regine Flory, French dancer, as Babette in Paris Frissons, a musical comedy by L E Berman, music by Herman Finck, at the Palace Theatre, London. Date: 1913

An Evening with Beatrice Lillie, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, from 18 October 1954. Direct from New York, prior to London. Date: 1954

Florodora, a musical comedy by Owen Hall, with music by Leslie Stuart, first produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, 11 November 1909

The Flying Reos, Have a Bouquet? Date: 1922

Gipsy Love by Basil Hood and Adrian Ross. First produced by George Edwardes at Dalys Theatre, London on 1 June 1912. Showing Harry Dearth, Sari Petrass and Robert Michaelis. Date: circa 1912

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