Performing Collection (page 7)

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

Joyce Barbour in 1922
Joyce Barbour (1901 - 1977), British actress. Married to the actor Richard Bird. Appearing in " The Babes in the Wood", as Maid Marion. Date: 1922

Gladys Swarthout (1900 - 1969), American opera singer who also appeared in films

Winifred Shotter (1904 - 1996), English actress of the 1930s, mainly in Aldwych farces

Concerts at the Front: Miss Lena Ashwell
A concert party, including Miss Lena Ashwell(sixth figure from the left), at the Indian Y.M.C.A hut. Lena Ashwell, British actress and actor-manager, OBE(1872-1957)

Conjuror - Robert Houdin
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) the " conjuror" performing in front of a mid-nineteenth century French audience. Date: circa 1840

Schoolgirl with performing robot C016 / 8377
Robot and schoolgirl. An 11-year old girl programming a robot to perform. This robot has a basic repertoire of sounds and movement

Signorita Galetti and her troupe of the worlds greatest performing monkeys. Date c1892

Street music: hurdy gurdy player, 1857
A hurdy gurdy player performing on the street, accompanied by two violins and a harp. Date: 1857

Deanna Durbin / Universal
DEANNA DURBIN (Edna Mae Durbin) Canadian singer, popular in films of the 30s and 40s Date: 1921 -

Flea Circus Chariots
Professor Tomlins flea circus: a flea is pushed into position at the start of the chariot race; fine harnessing wires attach the fleas to the chariots Date: 1960s

Esmond as Touchstone
HARRY VERNON ESMOND English actor in the roll of Touchstone in Shakespeares As You Like It

Dancing Dogs
Dogs dancing to a hurdy-gurdy and fiddle

Dietrich / Postcard
MARLENE DIETRICH German film actress

Cavalieri / Thais Postcard
Lina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit

Joan Crawford / 1931
JOAN CRAWFORD American film actress having a ball of a time

Street Acrobats
Street acrobats performing before a London crowd

Joe Elvin as a Cabby
The Cockney Comedian Joe Elvin in the role of The Hansom Cabby, singing a ditty entitled My Lot. " Strange things I view when I peep through the little trapdoor!"

Vera Kholodnaya / Meledin
Vera Kholodnaya, Russian silent-film actress

Flea Circus / Dr Paul
An advert for Doctor Pauls Performing Fleas

Harry Tate / Vfair 1912
HARRY TATE (Ronald Macdonald Hutchison) English music hall comedian, best known for sketches on golfing, motoring and fishing

William Powell / Mgm
WILLIAM POWELL American film actor

Marcello Mastroianni / Ufa
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI Italian film actor

Harry Ford / Variety
HARRY FORD Music hall entertainer Date: early 20th century

Chabert / Fire King
MONSIEUR CHABERT Showman entertainer, known as The Fire King

Jp Kemble / Timon Athens
JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE Popular actor and theatre manager, seen here in the role of Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3

Lady Dance with Dog
A lady and her borzoi perform a pas de deux

Portrait of an elderly man playing the sitar, India

John Liston / Paul Pry
JOHN LISTON English comedian in the role of Mortons Paul Pry

Orson Welles / Columbia
ORSON WELLES American film actor, producer and director

Paul Robeson / Cig Card
PAUL BUSTILL ROBESON American actor and singer

Mrs Potter / Players 1903
MRS JAMES BROWN-POTTER (nee CORA URQUHART) American actress

Mistinguett / Leopard
MISTINGUETT (Jeanne Bourgeois) French actress and dancer with a leopard wrapped around her neck - just for decoration, you understand

Marie Lloyd / Postcard
MARIE LLOYD Music hall entertainer wearing a large feathered hat

Charles Laughton / Smiling
CHARLES LAUGHTON English character actor of stage and film

Clark Gable / Cig Card
CLARK GABLE American film actor with Joan Crawford

Chaplin / Champion
CHARLIE CHAPLIN (Sir Charles Spencer) English comedian and actor with a bulldog in the film Champion Charlie

Christine Nilsson / Cdv
CHRISTINA NILSSON Swedish opera singer as Violetta in Verdis La Traviata

Isadora Duncan / 3 of 4
ISADORA DUNCAN at her school at Grunewald, near Berlin, where she teaches children to dance in the Greek manner (3 of 4)

Annie Oakley / Garnier
ANNIE OAKLEY (Phoebe Annie Oakley Mozee) American sharpshooter, star of Buffalo Bills Wild West show

Burgess Meredith / B Lion
BURGESS MEREDITH American character actor

Great Macdermott / Feather
THE GREAT MACDERMOTT (Gilbert Hastings Farrell) Music hall singer of patriotic songs: I ll strike you with a feather

Hatto / Brunnhilde / Theatre
HATTO (Marguerite Jeanne Frere) French soprano in the role of Brunnhilde

Medical / Instruments / 1739
Diagram to show the various methods used for opening veins and performing blood transfusions

Circus / Rider & Hoop
Piebald (black and white) Circus horse carrying an equestrienne who jumps through a paper-filled hoop held up by a clown

Rosie Begarnie Actress
ROSIE BEGARNIE British actress

Dogs Retrieves Newspaper
A well behaved dog brings a copy of the Daily Howl filled with lots of news. Date: circa 1903

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