Old Circus Prints
... reproduce here is entitled Mr. Grimaldi and Mr. Norman in the Epping Hunt, from the Popular Pantomime, ' The Red Dwarf.' Joseph Grimaldi, the famous clown, was born in 1779 and died in 1837. ...
... reproduce here is entitled Mr. Grimaldi and Mr. Norman in the Epping Hunt, from the Popular Pantomime, ' The Red Dwarf.' Joseph Grimaldi, the famous clown, was born in 1779 and died in 1837. ...
... wreath on the grave of Joseph Grimaldi in St. James's Churchyard, Pentonville, in behalf of the company of clowns at Bert ram Mills's Circus. A memorial card on the wreath bore the following inscription To the Memory of Joseph Grimaldi, 1779-1837. Homage ...
... revived memories of Clown and Pantaloon by issuing with the opening day invitations a series of delightful pictures of Joseph Grimaldi, first and foremost of English clowns. Doughty, one of Grimaldi's successors, possessed similar qualities. The handbill ...
... Then—Grimaldi Other clowns had to be found. Joseph Grimaldi, greatest of comedians, turned Harlequin's servant into the hit of the show. Unconsciously he adopted the same grotesque make-up that Harlequin once wore—the patches. the rags, the pale face ...
... Clowns Visit Grimaldi's Grave Sixteen clowns from London circuses yesterday visited the grave of Joseph Grimaldi, the famous clown, in St. James's Churchyard, Pentonville-road. This Is a Talkie Star Biggest show of its kind in the country, the National ...
... a tablet to his memory. .GRIMALDI WITH A FIGURE MADE OF VEGETABLES, WHICH, BECOMING ANIMATED, BEAT HIM OFF THE STAGE. JOSEPH GRIMALDI AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CAREER. I HIS COMIC BUSINESS IN OPENING OYSTERS WAS UPROARIOUS A FAMOUS GRIMALDI GAG. GRIMALDI AND ...
... very spirit of pantomime, is compara. lively a recent innovation. It was not until 181 that the greatest clown of all. Joseph Grimaldi, nride his trium• pliant success at Sadlers Wells Theatre. The Clown henceforth became an int. portant figure. lt was ...
... NO PROMISE TO OBEY CORRESPONDEN BRITAIN had no greater clown than Joseph Grimaldi, the cen. tenary of whose death occurs this month. His tragic life beset by sorrow—he clowned with tears in his eyeswas little suspected by the thou. , sands who screamed ...
... CLOWN “A merry heart doeth good.” was the text at last night’s memorial service, at St. James's Church, Pentonville, to z Joseph Grimaldi, the famous clown, who died 100 years ago, and was buried in St. James's ch The clown, Coco, travelled from Boston, « ...
... clowned their way. Pierrot, not so popular under t.is French name, eventually became the typically English clown, and when Joseph Grimaldi took tne stage in this role at Covent Ga.deu, ..nd achieved the reputation of being the greatest c . .cmn that ever lived—a ...
... The Romance of the Civil Service, are, we consider, the four colour-prints of. pantomime subjects, three of them of Joseph Grimaldi, repro duced from the Bertram W. Mills oollection; the old portraits of many celebrated music-hall per formers, with extracts ...
... and had just fl hours in town before returning for the first house- The record he made (an appreciation of the great Joseph Grimaldi, King of Clowns) will be heard this afternoon in John Pudney's production of Joey. ...