Nights Collection (page 3)

Ali Baba at the Cave by Rene Bull
Open Sesame - Ali Baba at the cave. Date: 1914

The Magic Carpet
A couple - he in Chinese costume, she in harem pants - flying on a magic carpet above the onion domes and minarets of an Arabian city. Date: 1932

Poster, Finnish Railways, Finland. circa 1950s

Oberon and Titania - Silhouette by the brilliant German cutter Paul Konewka. Date: circa 1860s

Ali Baba by Lilian Govey. Morgiana went from jar to jar and found a man in every one except the last. A fairy tale from One Thousand and One Nights Date: 1912

Gossip about Fairies 30
Many dwarfs work underground, often in the mining industry, notably in the Harz mountains of Germany : but they generally come up at nights. as in the story of Snow-White

Aladdin, Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, London
Aladdin, at the Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, London, 26 December 1904(?) A refined spectacular operatic and extremely funny presentment of the ever-popular Eastern Tale

Misfitz - Sindbad the Sailor. early 20th century

Misfitz - Aladdin. early 20th century

Decameron Nights at Drury Lane Theatre, London -- The Romance of Perdita and Saladin. circa 1920s

Cartoon, Sir Michael Costa and Sir Julius Benedict
Cartoon -- Benefit Knights. They are (left) Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa (1808-1884), an Italian-born conductor and composer, and (right) Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885)

Portrait of Carlito Ackroyd, principal dancer in Decameron Nights at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1923 Date: 1923

A study of the dancer and actress Margaret Bannerman, who is in Decameron Nights at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Music cover, Hollywood Nights, Mirth and Melody, William Fox Musical Movietone. 1939

The Second Calender
Cut her head off, then, if she is a stranger to you, the djinn suggests; but the calender (literally, a cloth glazer) nobly refuses to decapitate the princess

Amina Becomes a Horse
Receive the reward of your crimes ! - Amina receives the magic potion in her face from her husband Sidi-Nouman, and is forthwith transformed into a horse - permanently

Sinbad Stranded
Sinbad is stranded in the elephants burial-place

Victorian Scrap - Aladdin rubs the ring and the geni appears. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Aladdin presents jewels to the Emperor. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Aladdin meets the magician. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Aladdin finds the magic lamp. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Aladdin brings back the Princess to her father. late 19th century

Society at a carnival in Cairo
Three guests at The Arabian Nights Ball given by Mrs Harry McCalmont at the Ghezireh Casino in Cairo, Egypt in March 1912

The Sparkling Lustre of Parisian Nights - fashion models, 1927 - sequins and diamante add brilliance to the gay city from Drecoll and Worth Date: 1927

Mlle de Caillavet at Persian ball, 1912
Mlle. de Caillavet, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912

Infant Fernand d Espagne at Persian ball, 1912
Infant Fernand d Espagne, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912

Francis de Croisset at Persian ball, 1912
Francis de Croisset, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912

Two film stars in Paris Plaisirs magazine: Madge Bellamy (Fox Film) and Agnes Petersen, as seen in the film Scheherazade (Alliance Cinematographique Europeene). Date: circa 1928

Flanders Nights Entertainments, by Bairnsfather
Flanders Nights Entertainments Captain Bairnsfather, who is at present somewhere in France, sends us the above amusing take-off of his colleague Mr Norman Morrow, our theatrical artist

Preparing to film The Thief of Bagdad, Hollywood, USA
Preparing to film The Thief of Bagdad (released in 1924), adapted from the Arabian Nights stories. Parts of the set, and prop items such as large jars, can be seen. Date: 1923

British night fighters by G. H. Davis
Methods of Britains night fighters during the Second World War: the element of surprise. Clear, dark nights are ideal for hunting enemy raiders

Illustration, A Midsummer Nights Dream -- probably not connected to the Shakespeare play, but depicting a sailor asleep on a ship, dreaming of a mermaid in the water. Date: July 1914

Mr Charles Birkin and Miss Margaret Whigham
Miss Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then Duchess of Argyll, pictured at the first night of the new revue

Illustration to the story of Ali Baba
Design or illustration to the Arabian Nights story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, featuring a slim woman in eastern costume, discovering men hiding in jars

Lost tooth causes sleeping difficulties for Kitty
Kitty - " Aunty, I can t sleep at night since I lost my front toof for the draught blowing down my throat." Date: circa 1890s

Judar and His Brother. From Playhour (1957)

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