Hippodrome Collection (page 5)

Richard Sawade with lions & tigers at the London Hippodrome
Richard Sawade aka " King of the Beasts" pictured with an assortment of his lions and tigers with which he was appearing at the London Hippodrome in 1901 1901

Richard Sawade and polar bears at the London Hippodrome
Richard Sawade aka " King of the Beasts" appearing at the London Hippodrome, with a variety of animals including polar bears. Date: 1901

Consul the Chimp at the London Hippodrome
Consul the performing chimpanzee, the star attraction at the London Hippodrome where his earning amounted to 200 per week. 1903

Animals at the London Hippodrome
Camels and llamas assembled in the arena at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1903

Elsie Randolph in Stand Up and Sing
Elsie Randolph (1904 - 1982), film and stage actress and entertainer, pictured wearing a rather dashing naval outfit in the hit musical Stand Up and Sing at the London Hippodrome

Jack Buchanan in Stand Up and Sing by Hynes
Jack Buchanan, star of the comedy music Stand Up and Sing at the London Hippodrome, caricatured in the role of Rocky Smith by Hynes. Date: 1931

Jack Buchanan & Vera Pearce in Stand Up and Sing by Hynes
Caricature by Hynes of Jack Buchanan and Vera Pearce performing a comedy dance in the hit musical Stand Up and Sing at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1931

Elsie Randolph in Stand Up and Sing by Hynes
Elsie Randolph in the role of Ena in the comedy musical Stand Up and Sing at the London Hippodrome in which she starred with long-time stage partner, Jack Buchanan. Caricatured by Hynes. Date: 1931

Jack Buchanan & Elsie Randolph Mr. Whittington, Hippodrome
Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph in a scene from Mr. Whittington, a comedy musical starring Buchanan as a modern-day Dick Whittington

Jack Buchanan in Mr. Whittington at London Hippodrome
Jack Buchanan as a modern Dick Whittington in Mr Whittington, the comedy musical at the London Hippodrome in which he starred with Elsie Randolph. Date: 1934

Anna Neagle, pictured in The Bystander at the time she was starring in the London Hippodrome in Stand Up and Sing, the first principal role she had in the West End. Date: 1931

Binnie Hale, playing Jill in Mr Cinders
Binnie Hale (Bernice Hale Munro) (1899 - 1984), British revue artiste and actress, photographed by Sasha at the time she was playing Jill opposite Bobby Howes in the hit musical comedy Mr Cinders

Claire Heliot, lion tamer
Madame Claire Heliot, renowned female lion tamer with one of her dangerous pets at the time she was wowing audiences at the London Hippodrome

Sandows marvellous feat of strength at London Hippodrome
Eugene Sandow, strong man extraordinaire, seen supporting on his chest four men and ten women in addition to sundry cannon balls, part of his act at the London Hippodrome

Thats a Good Girl at the London Hippodrome
Sketches made by Bryan de Grineau at the London Hippodrome, where Thats a Good Girl starring Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph was playing

Peggy O Neill to star in Mercenary Mary at London Hippodrome
Peggy O Neill (1898-1960), Irish-born theatre actress and entertainer pictured with a Pekingese puppy in The Sketch at the time she was appearing in Mercenary Mary at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1926

The good-humoured crowd at the London Hippodrome
Street entertainers amuse the crowds waiting outside the London Hippodrome. Date: 1901

Mr H. E. Moss, managing director of the London Hippodrome
Sir Horace Edward Moss (1852 - 1912), British theatre impresario and the founder, chairman and joint managing director of the Moss Empires Ltd

Houdinis act at the London Hippodrome 1904
Impression of Houdini performing his famous escapology act at the London Hippodrome in 1904 where he was manacled with handcuffs allegedly made by a locksmith over several years

Herr Seeth in a den of lions at the London Hippodrome
Herr Julius Seeth and his twenty-one forest-bred lions, a hugely popular act at the newly-opened London Hippodrome in early 1900. The lions were presented to Seeth by King Menelik of Ethiopia

Audience types at the London Hippodrome 1904
An impression of country visitors, looking ruddy and bumpkin-ish, and town visitors, looking elelgant but disdainful. A reflection of the popularity of the London Hippodrome

Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph in Thats a Good Girl
Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph, stars of Thats a Good Girl at the London Hippodrome in 1928, caricatured by Sallon. They were a popular pairing

London Hippodrome, Madame Heliot & her lions
Madame Claire Heliot feeding raw beef to her lions (and a couple of dogs), in the arena of the London Hippodrome in 1901 in what The Sphere describes as " a very daring performance"

Beneath the arena at the London Hippodrome
Scene beneath the arena of the London Hippodrome with stage hands readying themselves to convey large wooden properties above for the next act. 1900s

Polars bears at the London Hippodrome, January 1910
Seventy polar bears, transported there to take part in the theatres Christmas water spectacular, The Arctic. Fifty of them plunged from icebergs into the water while the remaining bears roamed about

Fay Compton in Dick Whittington at London Hippodrome
Fay Compton in the role of Dick Whittington for the pantomime Dick Whittington at the London Hippodrome in 1932-3. Date: 1932

Boulevard de Clichy and Hippodrome Palace, Paris, France
Boulevard de Clichy and Hippodrome Palace, Montmartre, 18th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1900s

The Hippodrome Beauty Queens, London, May 1915. 1915

Photographs of Hippodrome Pogo Parade, October 1921
Miss Mona Vivian and her " pogo platoon", performing for the Sketch in the Botanical Gardens although the Pogo Parade was performing at the Hippodrome at the time. Date: 1921

Frances Day entetaining troops, September 1939
Frances Day photographed dancing as she entertains British troops based just outside London. The actress used her talent to boost the moral of soldiers after the Hippodrome theatre closed

Davy Burnaby caricatured by Garretto
Actor and entertainer George Davy Burnaby (1881 - 1949), caricatured by Garretto in The Bystander. Burnaby appeared in numerous films but was also well known for forming The Co-optimists a revue

Better Days at the London Hippodrome
Page from The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News showing scenes during the " Beads" number in the Better Days revue at the London Hippodrome in 1925

Jack Buchanana in Thats a Good Girl, London Hippodrome
Jack Buchanan (1890 - 1957), Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director, pictured at the time he was playing the role of Bill Barrow in the London Hippodrome musical

Elsie Randolph in Thats a Good Girl, London Hippodrome
Elsie Randolph (1904 1982), English actress, singer and dancer, pictured at the time she was playing the role of lady detective Joy Dean opposite Jack Buchanan in Thats a Good Girl at the London

Gwen Farrar in Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome
A scene from one of the musical numbers in Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome with Gwen Farrar singing one of her songs. Date: 1927

Thats a Good Girl at the London Hippodrome Thats a Good Girl at the London
The two stars of Thats a Good Girl, the musical comedy at the London Hippodrome - Jack Buchanan, playing Bill Barrow, and Elsie Randolph as the love-sick telegraph girl. Date: 1928

The dancer Ettorina Mazzuchelli, London, 1919
The Italian dancer Ettorina Mazzuchelli, at the London Hippodrome, 1919 Date: 1919

The dancer Dorothy Turner, London, 1920
Dorothy Turner, the principal dancer at the London Hippodrome, London, 1920 Date: 1920

Gwen Farrar in The Tatler, 1927
Page from The Tatler, 17th August 1927, featuring Miss Joyce Barbour, Mr Billy Merson and Miss Gwen Farrar in Shake Your Feet at the Hippodrome

Gwen Farrar
Gwendoline " Gwen" Farrar (1899 - 1944), English duettist, cellist, singer, actress and comedian. Pictured at the time she was appearing in Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome in 1927

Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome
Page from the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News with photographs of the latest production at the London Hippodrome - Shake Your Feet

Hit the Deck at the Hippodrome by Hynes
Caricatures of the players in Hit the Deck at the London Hippodrome in 1928 including Stanley Holloway and Ivy Tresmand (centre figures)

Shah of Persia visit to London Hippodrome 1902
Shaw of Persia visit to the London Hippodrome, witnessing the catastrophe in The Bandits. A prettily-arranged box draped with white, had been constructed facing the stage

Saltair Pavilion by night, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Saltair Pavilion and Hippodrome by night, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Theatre poster, Hippodrome, Oscar Asche, Lily Brayton
Theatre poster, Hippodrome, Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton in Hajj. 1915

The London Hippodrome at night c. 1910

Golders Green Hippodrome theatre programme - Adelaide Hall
Golders Green Hippodrome theatre programme featuring Adelaide Hall. Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a jazz innovator & Broaway star of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance who made her home in London in 1939

Marceline the clown with the moving statue
Marceline Orbes (1873-1927), better known as Marceline, the globally famous clown, most famous in the late 19th century and early 20th century

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