Matinee Collection

Tatler cover - Ronald Colman and his Sealyham Terrier
Film star Ronald Colman (1891-1958) pictured on the front cover of The Tatler with his Sealyham Terrier in 1931. Date: 1931

1950s Cinema - Childrens Saturday Matinee. Boys and girls looking up at the screen and laughing. Two of the boys are wearing ABC badges -- the name of the cinema. Date: 1954

Stephen Tennant as Prince Charming
Stephen Tennant in fancy dress at the Pageant of Romantic Historical Lovers. The party was organised by Olga Lynn for Marie Tempests London Pride matinee at the New Theatre

Poster advertising The Better Ole, Theatre Royal, Chatham
Poster advertising a comedy produced by Charles Cochran, The Better Ole, or The Romance of Old Bill, at the Theatre Royal, Chatham. Performed twice nightly, with a Wednesday matinee

Bardelys The Magnificent, by Hamilton and Sabatini
Bardelys The Magnificent, by Henry Hamilton and Rafael Sabatini, from Sabatinis novel (1906). First produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, August 1910, then the Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue

Poster, Scotts flight from England to Australia
Poster, Royal Matinee, Queens Hall, London, CWA Scott AFC will tell his graphic story of the flight from England to Australia in under 3 days

Liverpool Seamens Orphanage Matinee
Children in theatrical costumes for a matinee entertainment they are performing. Date: 1924

Margaret Whigham, Jeanne Stourton at Vacanis matinee
A group dressed as lawn tennis girls of the 1880s for the charity matinee performance at the Pavilion Theatre of pupils of Madame Vacanis dancing school

RMS Titanic, collection of memorabilia, 2012 centenary
RMS TITANIC: Royal Mint Titanic Centenary 2012 Titanic Commemorating a Maritime Legend Cover and Silver Coin. A5 size Royal Mint postal cover and commemorative coin produced in 2012

The Chelsea Matinee, at the Chelsea Palace Theatre, London, 20 March 1917 Date: 1917

Raine McCorquodale at the Vacani matinee at the Hippodrome
Raine McCorquodale, daughter of the novelist, Barbara Cartland, performing as a canary in the charity matinee held by pupils of Madame Vacanis dancing school at the London Hippodrome in June 1937

Marie Jacqueline Hope-Nicholson and Joyce Howard performing in the charity matinee put on by pupils of Madame Vacanis dancing school at the London Hippodrome in aid of the childrens ward of the South

Gordon West talks to Miss Helen Villiers, the younger daughter of Lady Kahleen Villers at a party organised by Lady Hadfield for the Committee and Patrons of Lady Mount Temples Midnight Matinee

Cartoon, Another Juliet. Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot

Tallulah Bankhead, Elsa Lanchester & Gwen Farrar
Stars of a charity matinee in aid of the Central Council for the Care of Crippled Children organised by Gwen Farrar (second from left) and attended by H.R.H. the Duchess of York

Madame Kyra Alanova by Madame Yevonde
Madame Kyra Alanova (1902-1965) by Madame Yevonde. She was a dancer, appearing in a special matinee at St Jamess Theatre, London

The Babes in the Wood, Grand Theatre, Islington, London. Date: 1904-1905

Mottos - Childrens Matinee - Boy Under Sign Post childrens matinee / Nearest Dentist. Part of Box 134 Boswell Collection - Mottos. Date: circa 1895

Advert for Matinee filter tipped cigarettes 1939
These Matinee filter tipped Virginia cigarettes in there slim black case. Date: 1939

Dutch Girl - Little Miss Hook of Holland
A " matinee version" of the English Musical Comedy show Miss Hook of Holland called Little Miss Hook of Holland, played by children for children

Caricature of Henry Irving sweeping amateurs away
Caricature of the actor-manager Henry Irving (1838-1905) sweeping the amateur rubbish away from the theatre. 1883

Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees!!! Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre

Montagu Pyke
MONTAGU PYKE - theatre manager and early cinematograph impre- -sario, who offered matinee patrons free cups of tea. A pub in Londons Charing X Road is named for him. Date: 1874 - ?

St James Theatre 1900
Theatregoers, mostly women, leaving the theatre after a matinee. A couple of policemen are on the beat. Date: 1900

Court Street, Buffalo, New York State, USA, showing Sheas Theatre and the McKinley Monument. Date: circa 1911

Polis Theatre Block, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1910

Street scene in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, possibly in the Racine district. Showing a group of boys outside a cinema where a matinee is advertised, nextdoor to the Peoples Cash Market

An indefatigable war worker, Elizabeth Asquith
Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith (1897-1945), later Princess Bibesco, English writer, daughter of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and his second wife, Margot

Sketch cover, Emily Drange at Britannia
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring a photograph of American actress, Emily Drange in costume as Britannia. She was part of a patriotic tableau staged in New York

Sketch cover, Mrs Vernon Castle (Irene Castle)
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. Pictured on the front cover of The Sketch as " The Spirit of France

Cartoon, Matinee de Novembre, WW1
Cartoon, Matinee de Novembre, showing Kaiser Wilhelm shivering in the sea at Calais, with Dover guarded by battleships in the far distance during the First World War

Tatler cover - Irene Castle as the Spirit of France
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. Pictured on the front cover of The Tatler as " The Spirit of France

Elizabeth Asquith & Nelson Keys rehearsing a matinee, WW1
Miss Elizabeth Asquith rehearsing with Mr Nelson Keys for their sketch in the forthcoming Serbian Relief Fund Matinee to be held on 9 May 1916 and organised by Lady Greville and Lady Oranmore

Matinee in aid of the Concerts of the Front fund, Lady Diana
A group at Lena Ashwells special matinee at the Lyric Theatre on 29 June 1917, in aid of the Concerts at the Front Fund. A number of society ladies took part

Advert for Matinee filter cigarettes 1938
These Matinee filter tipped Virginia cigarettes in there slim black case. 1938

Lingerie & nightwear, 1915
A page of intimate luxuries of crepe, ribbon and lace suggested including (top left), a Leewig petticoat with detachable flounces of net and ribbon from Charles Lee & Son, (top right)

Children queuing outside cinema
Children waiting to go into the Ideal cinema, King Street, Poplar, London for a saturday morning matinee showing past a wall covered with movie promotional posters Date: 1935

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