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Comedians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 587 Collections and/or Records:

Vaudevile Theatre Programme, 1953

 Item
Reference code: 178K27.86
Scope and Contents

Strand, London. Red Headed Blonde a farcical comedy by Val Guest. Contains photograph of act. Published by Payne Jennings & Killing Ltd., Gloucester House 19 Charing Cross Rd., W.C. Printed by John Waddington (Stoke Newington) Ltd., London N16, 8p.p.

Dates: 1953
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection / Programmes for Circus, Magic and Variety Shows

Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters, c1800 - 1930

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R47.1-51
Scope and Contents

Early circus and menagerie posters including Polito's menagerie, Astley's Amphitheatre and Pablo Fanque's, Sanger's, Powell's, Ducrow's, Cooke's and Hengler's circuses among others.

Dates: c1800 - 1930
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters

Wellington Hippodrome Handbill, 26 February c1910 - 1923

 Item
Reference code: 178T34.2
Scope and Contents

Wellington Hippodrome (late skating ring), Ben Jackson, trick and comedy banjoist , In addition to a great programme of up to date pictures Keay printer. Black type on orange background.

Dates: 26 February c1910 - 1923
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ben Jackson Collection / Handbills

When Comedy was King, Keystone, Clash by Night, Tit for Tat, Cops, and Midnight Mischief Film, c1920 - 1929

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.220
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 350 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films, and TV commercials. Includes Horse racing. Nude from striphouse. Charley Chase in the opening from 'When Comedy was King'. Charles Chaplin in 'Keystone'. Barbara Standwyck, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe and Robert Douglas in 'Clash by Night'. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Chalie Hall in 'Tit for Tat'. Buster Keaton in 'The Great Stone Face from Cops' . Glamour finale...
Dates: c1920 - 1929
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Wife and Auto Trouble Film, c1951 - 1971

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.90
Scope and Contents

8mm, American Molded Products. 200 feet, 16 minutes long. Black and White, Silent. Stock mark reads 1951 or 1971. Includes William Collier, early vintage comedy.

Dates: c1951 - 1971
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

With Love and Hisses, Cavemen, Double Whoopee, and Let Em Rip Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.253
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 1050 feet. Silent, in Colour. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'With Love and Hisses' and 'Let Em Rip'. Laurel and Hardy and James Finlayson in 'Cavemen'. Laurel and Hardy and Jean Harlow in 'Double Whoope'. Also features of animals from Flamingoland.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

With Love and Hisses Film, 1927

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.242
Scope and Contents

8mm, Dixons. 380 Feet. Hal Roach Studios. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Dates: 1927
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

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