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... Did manager Ferriss ever act? Sir Arthur Ferriss is believed to have been a music hall artist who played the London Coliseum in the twenties. In 1925 he was managing director (later proprietor) of Home Counties Theatres Ltd, which owned two cinemas in ...
... post-graduate student researching a paper on the history of black comedians in Britain. I am aware that there were black music hall enter tainers and that variety shows often featured black performers. I would appreciate any information or anecdotes that ...
... Reminiscing about Rigby I am interested in finding out details about my namesake Arthur Rigby, a music hall performer who was born in 1865 and died in 1944. He had a son, also called Arthur, who played Sergeant Flint in Dixon of Dock Green. Arthur senior ...
... delighted if readers can help. My late mother's cousin was Hilda Glyder. Around the time of the First World War, she was a music hall artist and sang songs such as Ma, of which I have a copy with her picture on the front. It was written by Clare Conrad, ...
... Will you help? I am researching a book on the life and career of the music hall, radio and film comedian Will Hay. I should be delighted to hear from any one who worked with or knew Will Hay. especially Glennis Lorimer, who appeared in Ask a Policeman ...
... Chaplin. The show apparently opened at Hammersteins in New York for an eight-week run in 1910. retitled A Night in an English Music Hall. It was so popular that two further touring companies were sent out, but folded when Chaplin moved into films in 1913. I ...
... lost relative of mine Dandy Danial. He was known in showbusiness circles as Mr Dandy and is a member of the Bebe Daniels music hall and circus family. During the late forties Dandy was the straight man with Robert Brothers Stage Circus and in the early ...
... an MP. She was then established as an actress on the London stage though whether this was as a straight actress or as a music hall performer is not known. Until the twenties she used to send to her Norfolk home 'extravagant dresses' which were cut down ...
... please I am trying to find a photo of Harry Castling (1865 to 1933). He was a famous songwriter and composer for old time music halls with songs such as Let's All Go Down the Strand and Just Like the Ivy. I would appreciate any help in this matter. Don Castling ...