Premiere Collection

Sue Batten, Britains first woman firefighter. Date: 1982

Ocean liner jigsaw puzzles including Waddington?s A Night to Remember and Victory Queen Mary

Albert Einstein with Charlie Chaplin at movie premiere
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist, with Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), film star and director, at the premiere of Chaplin's movie, City Lights

A Portrait of Sonia Pavloff (1920-24), the beautiful premiere danseuse at the Opera Comique Date: 1920-1924

A portrait of Alice Cocea (1920-24) who appeared in En Chemyse and Le Singe Jui Parle Date: 1920-1924

Ada Broadbent wearing an exotic plumed and feathered
Ada Broadbent, premiere denseuse, wearing an exotic plumed and feathered costume in the Plume Idea - a new Fanchon and Marco presentation on the West coast USA, 1927 Date: 1927

American Dance Moments from 1929. Joyce Coles (top left) appearing in Broadway Nights. Berinoff and Eulalie (top right) back from a tour of Europe

Vice admiral in the French Navy, 1844
Uniform of a vice admiral or vice-amiral in the French Navy, 1844. Handcoloured woodblock print by Pauquet after A. Gusman from Eugene Paninis Marine, arsenaux, navires, equipages, navigation

The Jungman sisters at the Ballerina premiere
Mrs Arthur James (Zita Jungman) and her sister, Miss Theresa Baby Jungman, members of the Bright Young People, seen at the premiere of Ballerina in 1933. Date: 1933

A vision of Salome, 1915
A vision of Salome by the Belgian premiere danseuse Mdlle Felyne Verbist, 1915 Date: 1915

The Carefree film premiere at the New Gallery
Lady Caroline Paget, Lady Elizabeth Paget, Lady Alexandra Haig, Mr Michael Lubbock, and a friend talk over the film at the premiere of the new Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film Carefree

Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France 1424-1445
Margaret of Scotland, first wife of King Louis XI of France, Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France 1424-1445. Marguerite d Ecosse, premiere femme de Louis XI

Mademoiselle Falcon
Date: early 19th century

La Boheme - Puccini - Act II - Toy Seller and Children
La Boheme by G. Giacosa and L. Illica with music by Giacomo Puccini - a scene from the premiere performance showing the original stage props in action

Vaslav Nijinsky and. Tamara Karsavina
Ballets Russes. Ballet Le Spectre de la Rose, music by Carl Maria von Weber and choreography by Mikhail Fokin. On stage, the performers of the premiere

Music cover, Der Orlow, operetta by Granichstaedten
Music cover, Der Orlow, an operetta in three acts, with words by Ernst Marischka and Bruno Granichstaedten and music by Bruno Granichstaedten (1879-1944)

Woody Allen. Premiere in Avil
Allen, Woody. American film director, writer and actor. Poses with his wife Soon Yi Previn during the premiere of his latest film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. August 24, 2010. SPAIN

Mrs Charles Sweeny with her parents
Mrs Charles Sweeny (1912-1993), formerly Miss Margaret Whigham, and later, on her second marriage, the Duchess of Argyll, pictured with her parents

Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeny at premiere of Flying Fortress
Society golden couple, Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeny attending the film premiere of Flying Fortress and pictured with Wing Officer Statter and Brigadier-General McClelland

Salvador Dali Cartoon
This cartoon appeared recently after the surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989), had completed his portrait of Sir Laurence Olivier in his role of Richard III

Magician performing trick on table with cup and balls
Coloured print of illustration, entitled " Escamoteur: La premiere muscade la voila" showing magician performing trick on table with cup and balls, circa 1810. HPG/8/2/1 (xi)"

RETRAITE DE CABOUL. Premiere Journee, 6 Jan 1842. Coloured engraving by de Villain and Karl Loeillot, published by Ostervald l Aine, Paris, 1842

Princess Astafieva, the famous Russian premiere danseuse
A study of Princess Astafieva, the famous Russian premiere danseuse, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Portrait of the dancer Dacia, London, 1921, the premiere danseuse of the stage show Chu Chin Chow Date: 1921

Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
World premiere of a film taking place at Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 1930s

Marchioness of Tavistock (Henrietta Tiarks)
The Marchioness of Tavistock at the premiere of Lady L in a mink coat from Maxwell Croft. It divides into a short jacket, day or evening coat

Alfred Molina actor (on right)
Alfred Molina (on right) actor in Tower Theatres production of Burkes Company (British Premiere). Date: 1971

Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, 1914
Impression of Mrs Patrick Campbell in the role of Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion, which opened in London for the first time at His Majestys Theatre on 11 April 1914. Date: 1914

Richard Strauss. Salome
STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949). Conducting the premi貥 of his opera Salome. Semperoper, Dresden. 9th Decembre, 1905. Picture by Fritz Gohrke

San SebastiᮮFestival 2004. Woody Allen
SPAIN. Donostia. US film director Woody Allen smiles as he poses for photographers next to US actresses Radha Mitchell, 17 September 2004

Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, USA
A world premiere of a film taking place at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

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

Graumans Chinese Theater - Hollywood, California. Date: circa early 1940s

First anniversary Federal Theatre production and world premiere of Rachels man A dramatization of the life of Americas most colorful soldier-statesman Andrew Jackson

WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane and Miro, world premiere of African vineyard by Gladys Unger & Walter Armitage. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of African Vineyard at

La premiere extravagance. Buying the cradle

Champ-de-Mars. Premiere ascension aerostatique du ballon le Pole Nord executee le dimanche 27 juin, a cinq heures, au profit de l expedition de M. Gustave Lambert

Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh - film premiere
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attending the premiere of the Herbert Wilcox film

Premiere at Graumans Chinese Theatre
Hollywood, California - A World Premiere for a movie feature film at Graumans Chinese Theatre. circa 1920s

Parisians Go to Premiere
Bravely, Parisians make the best of things despite the shortages caused by war : here they arrive for a fashionable premiere by any means available to them

Charlie Chaplin 1931
English silent film star and director, CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1889-1977), arriving in London to attend the British premiere of his film City Lights (1931)

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