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THE ZULU CLOWNING IT

... THE ZULU CLOWNING IT. This is a ZULU CLOWN, clad in his motley and wearing a big-nosed mask. The clown is an important artist at the native dances which take place on Sundays at mines on the Rand. Whereas the other performers only dance for approxi mately ...

Published: Wednesday 07 April 1937
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 105 | Page: 17 | Tags: Photographs 

LAUGH, CLOWN!

... i $8 l r'- LAUGH, CLOWN Who wants to know whether there's a broken heart under those splendid ruffles 1 We don't believe that as many clowns are heartbroken as opera-lovers think, but that at this season, when clowns come wonderfully into their own ...

Published: Wednesday 19 December 1956
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 62 | Page: 35 | Tags: Photographs 

The Clown Prince

... The Clown Prince I DO not know who first coined this expression in the Press tent, but I strongly suspect it was Desmond Hackett, who somehow finds these pithy expressions. Desmond, of the Daily Express, has grown to love golf since it was thrust on to ...

A CLOWN'S IDEAL

... A CLOWN'S IDEAL Grock, that prince of clowns, has retired from the stage and the event is one of which it is no more than legitimate exaggera tion to say, in the words of Doctor Johnson's epitaph on Garrick, that it has eclipsed the gaiety of nations ...

Published: Saturday 08 November 1930
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 329 | Page: 14 | Tags: Photographs 

CLOWNS IN CLOVER

... CLOWNS IN CLOVER. IN THE JACK HULBERT REVUE THELMA MORLAND AND VERA BRAUND. Eeck MacGregor.) The people who have been declaring that revue is dying or dead, and in any case ought to be, are not in any great prophetic favour at the moment. While Mr. ...

CLOWNS IN CLOVER

... CLOWNS IN CLOVER, With such a strong brigade of principals, headed by Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge, who has few rivals in bur lesque a heaven-sent talent and backed by one of the best, and best dancing, choruses in London, it was almost any m ...

Published: Wednesday 21 December 1927
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 179 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

THE CLOWN--SOUL OF THE CIRCUS

... comedy riding act. There are acrobatic clowns and there are musical clowns. There are clown jugglers, and there are clown trainers, some of whom have taught their animals to poke fun at those in authority. A clown must be able to excel at ...

Published: Wednesday 26 December 1956
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 781 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs 

LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH!

... LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH! CLARA BOW Filmland's most popular leading lady as her beautiful self and disguised in the clown's motley in Dangerous Curves. exigencies u°ne ^ose rather uncommon young people (especially in movie circles) who never minds making ...

LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH!

... LAUGH. CLOWN. LAUGH The smile that reaches from ear to ear, the bulbous nose, the balding head it 's a sight that will be repeated a thousandfold throughout the world at Christmas, but nowhere quite so thoroughly as in England. This particular clown is the ...

Published: Wednesday 16 December 1953
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 86 | Page: 7 | Tags: Photographs 

CLOWNS IN CLOVER: AT THE ADELPHI

... composer from Chicago, or some such city of leading, who subsequently turns out to be Mr. Hulbert himself with whiskers on. Clowns in Clover ought to be a perma nent institution of Town. Jingle ER-- MY WIFE! Jack Hulbert trying to explain away an awkward ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1928
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1285 | Page: 21 | Tags: Photographs 

The Clown of the Crystal Voice

... The Clowim off the Crystal Voice MISS GERALDINE FARRAR, THE CHARMING SINGER NOW APPEARING IN THE TITLE- \S 1 ROLE OF THE CLOWN AT THE OPERA COMIQUE 1 Parisians are hoping that Miss Geraldine Farrar will be persuaded to prolong her stay in their midst ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1908
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 158 | Page: 29 | Tags: Photographs 

LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH!

... LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH! Mr. Lon Chaney, the celebrated screen actor, who made a big hit as the Clown in the picture version of He Who Gets Slapped, has just added another notable character study of a clown to his list of achievements. He plays the part ...

Published: Wednesday 08 August 1928
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 166 | Page: 29 | Tags: Photographs