VARIETY GOSSIP

... of the artists who ttnd their way on to th « variety stajje by way of the microphone don ' t seem to realize that the variety theatre wa * a place of family long before fng was thought of , anri patrons want to keep it so . The worst offenders in * blue ...

Published: Thursday 04 January 1940
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2198 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SCOTTISH DISTRICT NEWS Edinburgh and South-East

... is hoped , for sale also in places of entertainment and elsewhere . The enterprise will be linked up with an all-star variety theatre performance to be held on Sunday , January 21 . The price of Press Gang is 6 d . LONG RECORD OF C 0 UN' £ X _ SERVICE ...

Published: Thursday 04 January 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 772 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

OLD FOLKS REMEMBERED

... Sons. Ltd.; Mr Charles Sleigh, of Rossleigh. Ltd.; Mr James S. Nairn, of the Regal Cinema; and Mr A. Young, of Stirling Variety Theatres, Ltd. According to the members of the committee none worked harder for the success of this venture than Judge M‘Elfrish ...

Published: Thursday 04 January 1940
Newspaper: Stirling Observer
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 217 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BEHUID THE SCENE S.-111 THE FIRS T CRY IS

... BEHUID THE SCENE S.-111 THE FIRS T CRY IS LIGHTS! The Chief Electrician's Job at the Variety Theatre In charge of a battery of switches and a bank of driver controls, backstage at the Grand Theatre, Clapham Junction, is Mr. Vic Ross, the chief electrician ...

Published: Friday 05 January 1940
Newspaper: Norwood News
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 538 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

The Chief Electrician’s Job at the Variety Theatre

... The Chief Electrician’s Job at the Variety Theatre In charge of a battery of 56 switches and a bank of driver controls, backstage at the Grand Theatre, Clapham Junction, is Mr. Vic Ross, the chief electrician. He controls a 500 amp. switchboard, which ...

Published: Friday 05 January 1940
Newspaper: Streatham News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 551 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

A nn Yorke and Charlie King, who next week are appearing at the A'• Regent Varieties Theatre. Rotherham, In the ..

... A nn Yorke and Charlie King, who next week are appearing at the A'• Regent Varieties Theatre. Rotherham, In the pantomime Goldilooks and the Three Bears. redingcote style, over white silk taffeta. with full swing skirt and Victorian collar, the gown ...

CORONER QUESTIONS COUNSEL’S ADVICE

... Wagstaff’s Zelo Band, and at midnight a cabaret will be staged by artists appearing at the Manchester pantomimes and variety theatres. A full course supper is included in the cost the tickets now at sale at all theatres and the Midland Hotel at a guinea ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 239 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A nn Yorke and Charles King, who next week are appearing at the -L-11 Regent Varieties Theatre, Rotherham, in ..

... A nn Yorke and Charles King, who next week are appearing at the -L- 11 Regent Varieties Theatre, Rotherham, in the pantomime Go!di. locks and the Three Bears. NEW ARRIVALS PLEA Lights Cases at Barnsley For failing to obscure lights in dwellinghouses ...

London Day By Day

... broadcast frequently with her father's band, has appeared at the London Palladium, been on a tour of the principal Provincial variety theatres. and taken part in a number of concerts for the troops Somewhere in England. ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 886 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Ann Yorke and Charles King, who next week are appearing at the Regent Varieties Theatre, Rotherham, in the ..

... Ann Yorke and Charles King, who next week are appearing at the Regent Varieties Theatre, Rotherham, in the pantomime Cloldi. locks and the Three Bears. NEW ARRIVALS PLEA Lights Cases at Barnsley For failinj to obscure iights in dwellinghouses the ...

EDINBURGH THEATRES LYCEUM : The Gondoliers KING'S ; Humpty Dumpty • THE third week of the D'Oyly Carte ..

... since he was in Scotland , but here he is at the Empire Theatre , Edinburgh , this weekon the start of a long tour of variety theatres which is to take him around Great Britain . Last night's large audiences gave him a marvellous welcome , and time and ...

Published: Tuesday 09 January 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1636 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

January 10, 1940. Round Ihe Cinemas ALHAMBRA. CINERAMA World,” aleo won universal conimenda tion. Rose of ..

... Knew Heaven Could Speak.” The screen play by Nunnally Johnson, who also served as associate producer, opens in popular variety theatre in Fourteenth Street in New York, just after the war. Al. Jolson sells chocolates and songs in the theatre, but he has ...

Published: Wednesday 10 January 1940
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 475 | Page: 15 | Tags: none