Showbusiness Collection

The famous St Hilda Colliery Band, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England - World Champions in 1912, 1920, 1921 and 1924. Date: 1924

Arthur Askey - English comedian
Arthur Askey (1900-1982) English comedian with the catchphrase - hello playmates Date: circa 1940

Promotional card for Margarita Spanish Restaurant, London
Promotional postcard for the Margarita Spanish Restaurant, 17 Cork Street, London. - Spectacular Cabaret - Spanish Music and Dance featuring Alec Alexander and his music (during Dinner and Dancing)

Diana Dors - British Actress
Diana Dors (1931-1984), British actress. Date: circa 1950s

June Tripp and Violet Loraine
June Tripp (1901-1985), sometimes known just by her stage name June, and Violet Loraine (1886-1956) appearing in the revue show Fanfare at the Prince Edward Theatre. Date: 1932

Stanley Lupino (1893-1942) came from a celebrated theatrical family. His career embraced acting, dancing, writing and directing. Date: circa 1932

Playtime at the Piccadilly
Performers in Playtime at the Piccadilly, a cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel. The artists pictured are Mimi Jordan, Rene Lorrimore, Evelyn Wrentmor, Amelia Allen

Melville Gideon at the Piano
Melville Gideon (1884-1933) was an American composer, lyricist and performer. Here he is appearing in The Co-Optimists, a variety revue show that originally opened in London in 1921

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

Maurice and Cordoba, dancers
Dance partners Maurice and Cordoba, appearing at the Savoy Hotel. Date: circa 1939

June Maurice - English Actress - performed in the pantomime Aladdin (130-31) at the Empire Theatre, Bristol. Date: circa 1930

Petula Clark - British singer, actress and composer
Petula Clark (1932-) - British singer, actress and composer. Pictured circa 1946 aged around 13. Date: circa 1946

The E Floretty Trio - German Entertainers
The E Floretty Trio - German Acrobatic Entertainers. A popular Trapeze Circus Act. Date: circa 1910s

Royal Italian Circus - Performing Goat and dogs
" Royal Italian Circus" - Performing Goat Liza and dogs climbing up a Japanese ladder. Date: 1904

Fantastic Transvestite Performer
A fantastic Transvestite Performer in dramatic pose! Date: 1924

George Grossmith - Comedian, writer, composer, actor, singer
George Grossmith (1847-1912) - English comedian, writer, composer, actor and singer. Grossmith wrote (in collaboration with his brother Weedon), the 1892 comic novel The Diary of a Nobody

Circus Acrobats - Edy Ruth and Francy
Edy Ruth and Francois (Francy) Edouard - Belgian aerial Circus Acrobats (Trapeze artists) - performing their sensational aerial act. Date: circa 1930s

The Tiller Girls / The Palace Girls
The Palace Girls - clockwise from top left: Nell Home, Ethel Karri (Ethel Lucy Carrie Thomas), Margery Douglas and Nell Grey

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