Performing Collection (page 6)

Dietrich / Paramount
MARLENE DIETRICH German film actress

Boris Karloff / Universal
BORIS KARLOFF British actor who appeared in American films, most notably as the monster in Frankenstein (1931)

Jane Avril / Lautrec 1899
JANE AVRIL Music hall performer

Sada Yacco / Theatre 1900
SADA YACCO Japanese actress who toured Europe and America, seen here in The Geisha and the Gentleman

Hortense Schneider / Waler
HORTENSE SCHNEIDER French soprano singer who appeared in many of Offenbachs operettas

Dorothy Jordan / Romney
DOROTHY JORDAN English actress as Peggy in The Country Girl - she later became mistress to the Duke of Clarence (later William IV)

Marius Goring / Romeo
MARIUS GORING British actor of stage and screen in the role of Romeo, with Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet

Frances Kelly Actress
Frances " Fanny" Kelly, immensely talented and popular Irish actress, appeared mostly at Drury Lane for 36 years with undiminished acclaim, renowned for comedy roles

Dogs Love Chocolate
Punch has been trained by his owner to carry messages and pick up litter. Here he tries to use the chocolate dispenser

Nellie Melba / Postcard
NELLIE MELBA (born Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano

EDITH PIAF French singer

Game / Children Acting
A little girl stands on a stool and reads from a script, while her friends and their toys form the audience

Edmund Kean / As Brutus
EDMUND KEAN Actor, as Brutus in Julius Caesar

Sarah Bernhardt / Sourire
Sarah Bernhardt in Dumas La Dame aux Camelias

Loie Fuller / Folies 1892
LOIE FULLER (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer at the Folies Bergere, Paris

Don Miguel Lerdo de Tejada and his Mexican Orchestra performing on the Keith vaudeville circuit, 1928 Date: 1928

Herr Graiss looping monkey, Diavolino
Diavolino, a little monkey trained by Herr Grais, who performed the loop the loop on a tricycle at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1903

An acrobatic baboon at the Hippodrome
Herr Grais with his performing acrobatic baboon at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902

Diavolino, the monkey that loops the loop, London Hippodrome
Diavolino, the monkey that looped the loop on a little tricycle at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902

From the forest to the laid table (colour litho)
2778188 From the forest to the laid table (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: From the forest to the laid table)

Professor De Kolta on stage with two women, 1902 (silver gelatin print)
MNY381375 Professor De Kolta on stage with two women, 1902 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 27.9x35.6 cm; Museum of the City of New York

Nita, the hypnotized and suspended lady, magician performing a levitation trick (b / w photo)
5996742 Nita, the hypnotized and suspended lady, magician performing a levitation trick (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nita)

Julia Farron - Ballet Dancer in Mlle. Theodore - Scene 1
Julia Farron (1922-2019) - Ballet Dancer performing as Mademoiselle Theodore in The Prospect Before Us, scene 1, a one-act comic ballet in seven scenes

The Besses o th Barn Brass Band - Paddington Station
The Besses o th Barn Brass Band from Besses o th Barn, an old industrial town situated between Manchester and Bury, in Lancashire. In 1905 the band toured France to promote the Entente Cordiale

Cyril Maude
CYRIL MAUDE (1862 - 1951), English actor-manager 1897

Celia Johnson (1908 - 1982), British actress of stage and screen

Danielle Darrieux, French film actress Date: 1917 -

Gertie Millar and Nora Nagle
Gertie Millar Actress with Nora Nagle in The New Aladdin Date: 1907

Cavalieri / Art Deco Paris
LINA CAVALIERI Italian singer, on an art deco style postcard Date: 1874 - 1944

Caruso / Anon Postcard
Enrico Caruso ((1873 - 1921), Italian operatic tenor

Madeleine Carroll (1906 - 1987), English film actress

Emma Calvet (1858 - 1942), French opera singer

Haydn Performs, Hungary
Hayden and companions perform a string quartet at the Esterhazy home, Hungary Date: 1732 - 1809

Georges Guetary / Song
GEORGES GUETARY (Lambros Worloou) Greek-Egyptian singer in French cabaret and musical comedy Date: 1915 -

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

Firefighters in costume for an entertaining evening
Men and women in costume for an entertaining evening at Stoke Newington Fire Station, 17 March 1920. Date: 1920

A P-51 Mustang, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, an F-15 Eagle, and an A-10 Thunderbolt II
May 25, 2006 - A P-51 Mustang, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, an F-15 Eagle, and an A-10 Thunderbolt II fly over New York City

ELLA FITZGERALD (1917-1996). American singer. Performing on stage with Dizzy Gillespie. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb, c1947

LCC-LFB Brigade marching band at the Annual Review
The Fire Brigade Band performing at the 1929 Annual Review in Victoria Park, East London. Formed after the First World War

At Mrs Beams Again
Carrictures of the various stars of the C.K Munros play, Miss Adela Mavis, Mr Dennis Eadie (1869 1928), Miss Jean Cadell (1884 - 1967) Date: 1923

Emmy Destinn / Carmen
EMMY DESTINN Czech opera singer as Carmen

Ballet / Ally Sloper 1890
Ally Sloper dances before the County Council in an attempt to demonstrate the value of the performing arts

Carl Hertz / Variety 1905
CARL HERTZ Music hall entertainer: Modern Magic

Tony Curtis / Universal
TONY CURTIS American film actor

CERUTTI
TERESA CERUTTI Italian singer, as Salome in Strausss opera

Dolly Sisters / Fantasio
DOLLY SISTERS Jenny and Rosie, American stage performers, with what looks like a mirror, but isn t

Mabel Normand / Lilywhite
MABEL NORMAND American comic actress: she appeared in Keystone films and co-starred with Charlie Chaplin

Anna Pavlova / Rv Stevens
ANNA PAVLOVA Russian ballet dancer on stage in 1912

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