Entertainers Collection (#9)

Adelaide Hall outside her home 1A Collingham Road, London
Adelaide Hall outside her home 1A Collingham Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London SW5. Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a jazz innovator

Adelaide Hall signed photo. Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a jazz innovator & Broaway star of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance who made her home in London in 1939

A festival performer dressed as a cruel yellow fairy leaps over the Craigmiller out of school project dressed as pirates © mirrorpix

Bal Tabarin Nightclub, Paris
A glitzy show at the Bal Tabarin nightclub in Paris is appreciated by the smartly-dressed audience. Seen here is the final show on 3 June 1966 before the club closed down. Date: 1966

Entertainment at Monte Carlo beach by Matania
An evening cabaret entertainment on the terrace at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera during the 1930s. The caption mentions that gambling took place on the Terrace in the open air - an entirely

Streamline Silhouette, the Adorables cabaret act
The Adorables, an American all-comedy floor-show playing with huge success at the Grosvenor House Hotel in the autumn of 1938. Introduced to London the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance, The Yam

A Trio of French Child Contortionists and Acrobats. Date: circa 1930s

Josephine Baker at the Folies Bergere
Dancing on Glass: The Super-Charleston. Josephine Baker performing the super Charleston, dancing on a glass dance floor at the Folies Bergere in Paris. 1927

Folies Bergere Showgirl
Ketty Mara, showgirl at the Folies Bergere, Paris. Date: 1930

Lady de Frece (Vesta Tilley)
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations. Pictured around 1929 after she had retired from the stage

Some leading Actresses of the late Victorian era. (from top left, going clockwise): Miss Alice Atherton (1854-1899), Miss V

Vesta Tilley - final performance with Dame Ellen Terry
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations

Irene Vernon Castle
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts ; they were also in films. Date: 1917

Les Rouges et Noirs army troupe at the Savoy, 1919
Les Rouges et Noirs, the concert troupe of the First Army pictured with the manager, Captain Makeham at the Savoy Theatre in 1919

Vesta Tilley and Walter de Frece at home
Miss Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), music hall entertainer best known for her male impersonations, pictured at her home, the Homestead at Maidenhead, Berkshire, with her husband, Mr Walter de Frece

Small crowd watching four circus performers in the street, one cycling on unicycle, one dressed as a clown lifting his hat, one juggling colourful rings

Illustration, head of smiling clown in cone hat

China - Chinese Actors in elaborate costumes Date: 1910s

U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - WWII
U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - the United Services Organization Inc. a private, non-profit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military

Dwarf marries the fat lady. Worlds Fair showmen at the Agricultural Hall celebrated the wedding of Mr Robert Goudin, the dwarf and Miss Ruby Trixy one of the fat ladies at the fair

Actress Lillian Russell
New York, New York: c. 1905 A Rotograph of actress Lillian Russell. It is Image # B-248 in the Series

Lawrence Welk In His Hudson
Santa Monica, California: 1951. Lawrence Welk and his new Hudson Hornet, at the Aragon Ballroom on Lick Pier in Santa Monica, which was the home of his new weekly televised TV show

Mae West At Premiere
New York, New York: June 23, 1970 Actress Mae West greets the crowd of 10, 000 fans who gathered to see her as she attended the premiere showing of the film, Myra Breckinridge at the Criterion Theater

Actor Harold Lloyd
Hollywood, California: 1923 Actor Harold Lloyd in a publicity still from the silent movie Why Worry

Clara Bow, The It Girl
Hollywood, California: 1926 A photograph of a smiling Clara Bow, The It Girl

Men In Tights And Tutus
United States: c. 1900. Three men in tights and tutus

An Exotic Russian Dancer
Italy: December 3, 1927. Beautiful Russian dancer Eugenie Nikitine dancing one of her own creations and she is scoring a tremendous hit in Italy

Gypsy Dancer Carmen Amaya
New York, New York: January 8, 1943 Spanish gypsy dancer Carmen Amaya performing her dance at the La Conga nightclub

The Follies by John Hassall
The Follies, a pierrot troupe founded in 1895. In 1895, Harry Gabriel (H E) Pelissier was a member of amateur entertainers who performed at charity events around South London

Eastbourne Patriotic Concert Party - 1914-18 - who performed at the RAF Cadet Brigade at its training camp at Saint Leonards-on-Sea (near Hastings). Performers (from top left): Kathleen McIntyre, S

Balancing act at the Alhambra
Les Kiners-Moulins performing The Tribulations of a Soubrette, an extraordinary balancing act at the Alhambra in London in 1903. Date: 1903

Moscow State Circus dancers in Cornwall
Moscow State Circus dancers performing during a visit to Cornwall. Date: 1970s

Company playing in the Elixir of Youth, 1899
The merry company playing in the Elixir of Youth at the Vaudeville Theatre, striking a number of jolly or comic poses. Date: 1899

M. Spadoni, juggler and balancer performing at the Alhambra pictured holding his assistant, who happens to be riding a bicycle, with one hand. Date: 1899

Miss Topsy Sinden
Harriet Augusta Sinden (18781950), better known as Topsy Sinden, English dancer, actress and singer. She was best known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime

Ly Walker and Harry Wells, ballroom specialists
The latest ball-room specialists - Ly Walker and Harry Wells from U.S.A. 1930

The Scarf Dance - Algeria, North Africa Date: circa 1908

Hindu Street Entertainers, India, including a juggler, two musicians (drum and pipes) and what appears to be an escapologist! Date: circa 1909

Claire Luce in Schiaparelli
Actress Claire Luce (1903-1989), actress and entertainer, photographed in a Schiaparelli evening dress worn in the film, Vintage Wine

The Adorables, Grosvenor House Hotel cabaret act
Bernice Thomas, Christine Forsyth, Christine Harris, Olava Layne and Iris Marshall, five members of The Adorables, an American cabaret act appearing at the Grosvenor House Hotel

Flanagan and Allen - British comics - holding cards (1 / 2)
Flanagan and Allen - a British singing and comedy double act popular during World War II. Formed of: Bud Flanagan (18961968) and Chesney Allen (18931982) - pictured here holding playing cards (1/2)

Moorish Musicians and Snake Charmer - Morocco. The seated musicians are playing a pipe flute and a Bendir Frame Drum. Date: circa 1910s

Coliseum Theatre, Charing Cross, London - Blackbirds
Coliseum Theatre, Charing Cross, London - Lew Leslies New Production of Blackbirds of 1935. Leslie (1888-1963) was a Broadway writer

Peg Leg Bates - Lew Leslies Blackbirds Revue - London, 1935 Date: 1935

Tito Ruffo, Ethel Levey & Peppie D Albro at Cannes
Tito Ruffo (left), one of the worlds greatest singers, Peppie D Albro (right), a Brazilian singer and dancer standing either side of the actress and entertainer, Ethel Levey

Roger and Andre - Floor Acrobats Date: circa 1930s

Play-time at the Piccadilly: Piccadilly Revels - Cabaret
Play-time at the Piccadilly: Piccadilly Revels. A new cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel at the very end of the London season - highlighting the popularity of this form of entertainment in

Memories of Italy - Playtime at the Piccadilly
Suppertime Pastimes of the London Season. Memories of Italy - a charming cabaret number for sixteen performers, one of the items on the attractive programme of Playtime at the Piccadilly

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