In Memory of “ Joey ”

... the Royal Agricultural Hall assembled at St. James’s Churchyard, Pentonville, this week, to lay wreaths on the grave of Joseph Grimaldi. Though it is little more than a hundred years ...

Published: Saturday 21 January 1939
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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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. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 December 1931
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 70 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

GRIMALDI CENTENARY

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 03 June 1937
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 292 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

MEMORIAL TO GRIMALDI

... MEMORIAL TO GRIMALDI A memorial tablet Joseph Grimaldi, one of the greatest clowns the Century, will fixed outside his former home at 22, Calshot Street, Pentonville, N., to-day. The house, formerly 33. Southampton Street, was renumbered 22 in 1889, and ...

Published: Monday 18 July 1938
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 48 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

These Died

... MORE worthy celebrities who died in 1837 were John Constable, painter of Nature as revealed in the English countryside; Joseph Grimaldi, father of all clowns; Pushkin, the Russian poet; Gerard, the French painter; Francois Fourier, pioneer of Co-operation; ...

Published: Thursday 07 January 1937
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 67 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Then—Grimaldi

... 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 ...

Published: Sunday 25 September 1932
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 98 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Yot^r

... were killed and 73 Injured, the German Government had “resolved to take measurer. A centenary service fn memory of: Joseph Grimaldi, the clown, was held at St. James', Church, Pentonville. ■ U ' Lincoln temperatures: Maximum 72, minimum ...

Published: Monday 30 May 1938
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 78 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Grimaldi

... 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 ...

Published: Sunday 13 December 1931
Newspaper: Reynolds's Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

By STEPHEN ABBOTT

... people of the Continent are like a pack of ravening wolves, wanting to TO-DAY is the hundredth anniversary of the death of Joseph Grimaldi, whose reputation lives as that of the greatest clown in history. He was much more than a clown however, being a child ...

Published: Monday 31 May 1937
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 110 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Clowns Visit Grimaldi's Grave

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 19 January 1939
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 142 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

EARLY TO-MORROW. NORTHERN

... Berenska and his Orchestra. 3.0: Par and Near. 3.15: 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra. 4.15: Joey. King of Clowns, a memorial to Joseph Grimaldi. 4.45: English Pcets—Alfrcd Lord Tennyson. 5.0: Children's How. ...

Published: Tuesday 08 June 1937
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 67 | Page: 3 | Tags: none