... many parts of Britain with resident summer season and pantomime companies. Far removed from his early beginnings in the aircraft industry, he worked with many world- renowned stars, like Laurel and Hardy, Frank Sinatra, Tyrone Power and Mariene Dietrich ...

... connections. Mander's parents, with a liking for music hall and variety which they passed on to their son. Mitchenson came from the profession and appeared as a child dancer before training at The Fay Compton School of Dramatic Art. His West End debut ...

... famous and best-loved landladies. She and her late husband, Fritz, came to Britain from Switzerland after the First World War to work in the hotel trade and after the Second World War they opened their doors in Glasgow to paying guests, especially in the theatrical ...