Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991)
Dates
- Existence: Incorporated 8 January 1930 - disolved c1991
Biography
Electric (Modern) Printing Company, was a Manchester based printing company specialised in printing variety theatre posters. The company was incorporated on 8 January 1930 and dissolved circa 1991.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Alexandra Theatre Poster, Week commencing 5 March 1973
Birmingham. John Hanson in Franz Schubert’s Lilac Time. Colour illustrations. Printed by Electric (Modern) Printing Co. Ltd., Manchester.
Alhambra Theatre Poster, Commencing Monday 3 July 1960
Morecambe. Ken Platt in ‘Love Locked Out’. Contains colour illustration. Printed by electric (Modern) Printing Co. Ltd. Manchester.
Christopher in his Magical Musical Revue Christopher’s Wonders Handbill, Monday 11 September c1950
New Theatre Cardiff. 50 Fabulous Feats. Printed by Electric (Modern) Printing Co. Ltd., Manchester 8.
Handbills, c1924 - 1949
Handbills for variety shows featuring the Castonians and other acts.
London Palladium Poster, Commencing 17 January 1975
Peter Pan, Lulu, Ron Moody, Rachel Gurney and others. Contains illustration. Printed by electric (Modern) Printing Co. Ltd., Manchester.
Posters, c1887 - 2010
Circus, variety, pantomime and magic posters including Argyle theatre, Liverpool Empire, Blackpool Tower Circus, Robert Brothers, Austen Brothers, Sorcar, Vesta Tilley, Ken Dodd, Dan Leno, Florrie Forde and others.
The Civic Hall Poster, c1950 - 1959
Barnsley. Aladdin, Ronnie Collis, Anjie Dean, Granville Taylor and Valerie and others. Contains colour illustration. Signed by Granville Taylor (Faust). Printed by Electric (modern) Printing Co., ltd., Manchester.
The Ken Dodd Laughter Show Poster, 18 November 1985
Theatre Royal, Nottingham. Colour illustration and black and white photograph. Printed by Electric (Modern) Printing Co. Ltd., Cheadle Heath Works, Stockport.
Windsor Theatre, Bearwood Handbill, 29 May c1940 - 1949
Vogelbein’s Bears, Vic & Joe Crastonian, variety act, Syd Plummer, The Zyli-Fool, Walcott’s Marionettes, The Two Eddies, musical equilibrists, Percy Rich & Eva, comedy act, Hilda Heath, just crazy, Marcia Owen, singing act, Roy Lester, comedian. Printed by: Electric Modern Printing Co., Ltd (T.U.) Waterloo Road, Manchester 8.
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- Variety 8
- Magic 2
- Pantomime 2
- Acrobats 1
- Animal trainers 1
- Animals 1
- Circus 1
- Clowning 1
- Comedians 1
- Dance 1
- Fire eating 1
- Jugglers 1
- Minstrel shows 1
- Motion pictures 1
- Music-halls 1
- Musical performances 1
- Pierrot 1
- Puppets 1
- Singing 1
- Skating 1
- Stunt performers 1
- Ventriloquists 1
- Wild west 1
- Wrestling 1 + ∧ less