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Motion pictures

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on motion pictures themselves, including motion pictures as an art form, copyrighting, distribution, editing, plots, production, etc. NFCA: Use for cinema and bioscope

Found in 723 Collections and/or Records:

The Lion Tamer Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.278
Scope and Contents

9.5mm, Pathescope. 350 feet. 2 Reels. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

The Lion Tamer, The Wandering Elephant, Eastern Antics, Phantom Rider, Three Little Bruins Go Camping, Joey the Donkey, and The New Pico Pet Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.251
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from cartoons and commercial films. Includes; Bucky and Petito in 'The Wandering Elephant'. Lupino Lane in 'Eastern Antics'. Ken Maynard in 'Phantom Rider'. Also features scenes of ladies, chimps and bears, animals in the zoo, and a scene with Laurel and Hardy.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

The Metropolitan Programme, 26 March 1898

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.115
Scope and Contents Three fold programme containing black and white illustrations of people singing and dancing in the contryside on and an illustration of the outside of the theatre on the outside, inside commercial advertising and programme listing Mdlle. Lucretia, Miss Helen Stuart, Mr George Brooks, The Sisters Aindow, Miss Godwynne Earle, Mr Dennis K. McCarthy, Miss Millie Lindon, Mr William E. Bates, Mr T.E. Dunville, Mr Paul Marinetti, Miss Kittee Rayburn, The Grat Shawline, Miss Rose Dearing, Mr Bernard...
Dates: 26 March 1898

The Misfit, Hopalong Cassidy, Winchester 73, and Chimp the Fireman Film, c1920 - 1929

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.223
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic tape. 275 Feet. Lou Anger Productions. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Chyde Cook in 'The Misfit'. Bill Boyd as 'Hopalong Cassidy'. James Stewart and Shelley Winters in 'Winchester 73'. Also features nude from Striphouse, and animal scenes from Chessington Zoo, including leopards and lion cub.

Dates: c1920 - 1929

The Monte Williams Showmen Research Material, 1898 - 1953

 Item
Reference code: 178B36.9
Scope and Contents

Parish and civil records, newspaper articles and advertisements relating to the Monte Williams Showmen and the Randall Williams Cinematograph Show, with additional information by the researcher, 27 p.p.

Dates: 1898 - 1953

The Norwich Hippodrome Programme, 10 October 1910

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.93
Scope and Contents

Three fold programme containing colour illustrations of various circus acts, a woman plaing a hand held harp and a woman dancing on the front over a red background and programme inside in green type on off white background listing Fred Karno's company, The Bodina Trio, Little Dando, Mdlle. Haydee, Chas. J. Lever, Animated Pictures and Bros. Andreasen. Also contains commercial advertisement.

Dates: 10 October 1910

The Norwich Hippodrome Programme, 7 November 1910

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.94
Scope and Contents

Three fold programme containing colour illustrations of various circus acts on the front over a green background, inside programme in green type on off white background listing Calude Ginnett's original Rejected Remounts, The Dandys, Leonse, Mabel Kempton, Henry Kaiser, Morny Cash, The Tree Sisters, Anderson, Minnie Moran, Coram, Animated Pictures and British Quartette. Also contains commercial advertisements.

Dates: 7 November 1910

The Norwich Hippodrome Programme, 3 October 1910

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.95
Scope and Contents

Three fold programme containing colour illustrations of various circus acts, a woman playing a hand held harp and a woman dancing on the front over a red background and programme inside in green type on off white background listing Burke, Andrus and Frisco, Beanland & Bath, Geo. Antill, Ray & Calden, Kardoc, The Haywards, The Llewelyns, Muir & Bartlett, The Mezettis, Animated Pictures and The Bros. Bellong. Contains Commercial advertisements.

Dates: 3 October 1910

The Oxford Programme, 10 June 1912

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.39
Scope and Contents Mr S.W. Wyndham, Miss Violet King, Harvey Boys, Miss Minnie Mace, Mr Henry de Vry, Mr Harry Bedford, Gintaro, Mr Ernest Shand, The Four Vagabonds, Mr Ernest Rees, Hall and Earle, Mr Wilkie Bard, Miss Cissie Curlette, Miss Annette Kellermann, Mr Tom Jones, Mr Martyn Roland, The Fitzroys, Ruffell's Imperial Biodcope. Three fold programme with brown type and colour illustration of a woman in black robes and mortarboard cap above the front entrace of the theatre in the centre and colour...
Dates: 10 June 1912

The Palace Programme, August 1908

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.73
Scope and Contents Douglas, Isle of Man. Black illustration of a dancing hall full of people dancing on a yellow background on the front cover, inside dance programme, Vernon's Bioscope, Madame Melba, Zena Dare, Seymor Hicks, The London Company in the Gay Gordons, The Palace Opera House, Professor Norton, Farr & Farland, May New All, Humpsti Bumsti, The Violas, Ernest Shand, Carter Liversey, Lilian Rosebery and Co and Vesta Tillie the following week, on back cover list of refreshement and prices. Inside...
Dates: August 1908

The Palace Programme, 3 August 1903

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.74
Scope and Contents

Black type on yellow background, listing programme of dances, Hubner's Animatograph, Ernest Shand, Sandford & Lyons, The Bros. Artois, Nellie Stratton, The Norman Leonard Trio, Lelia Roze, Mr Edward Terry and the London Company.

Dates: 3 August 1903

The Palace Programme, c1903

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.75
Scope and Contents

Black type on green background listing Mr Harry Wood's Grand Orchestra, The American Biograph, The Salambos, W. Edward Kaye, Alcide Capitaine, Binns and Binns, Olivette, Jimson's Animal Circus and Mr George Edwardes' Company. Printed by Brown & Sons Ltd, Printers, Douglas.

Dates: c1903

The Palace Theatre of Variety Programme, c1900 - 1910

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.76
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of woman dancing on the front, on the back black and light green type on white and light green background and programme listing Buck Dance, John E. Coyle, J. Gillan, Norman and Leonard Trio, Maidie Scott, Eadie and Ramsden, Daisy Dormer, Howard and Harris, The Palace Girls, Carlton, Homer B. Mason and Marguerite Keeler, The Merry Wives of Windson, Jack Lorimer, Miss Marie Tempest, Malcolm Scott and The Bioscope.

Dates: c1900 - 1910

The Palace Theatre of Variety Programme, 10 May 1911

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.78
Scope and Contents

Three fold programme with colour illustration of theatre scene covering the outside and programme inside listing Miss Ivy Aberdare, Miss Lily Hayes, Will Van Allen, Miss Ouida McDermott, Signorina Irene Penso, Carlton, The McBans, Albert Whelan, The Yamagata Troupe, Miss Margaret Cooper, Anna Pavlova and Michael Mordkin and The Palace Bioscope. Black and red type on white background with commercial advertising including songs by Vesta Tilley.

Dates: 10 May 1911

The Palace Theatre of Variety Programme, 27 March 1897

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.79
Scope and Contents

Three fold programme with black illustration of a woman dancing, illustration of interior and exterior views of the building and a female performer on the outside, on the inside programme listing Charles B. Kay, The Glenroy Troupe, Les Edoardos, G.W. Hunter, Sdie Jerome, Pablo Diaz, Miss Lilian Tree, Les Gardenias, Dutch Daly, The American Biograph, John Hewelt's automatic theatre and Mlle. Diane de Fontenoy. Contains commercial advertisment.

Dates: 27 March 1897

The Palace Theatre of Variety Programme, 5 December 1905

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.81
Scope and Contents

Black illustration of a woman dancing, a view of the building and a performer on the outside, inside programme listing Burke, Andrus and Frisco, Nell Richardson, Thoms and Evelyn, Belle Davis and Piccninnies, Captain Slema and Miss Alice, Mdame Guinchan, Haigh and Novel, The Palace Girls, The Follies, Mlle. Juliette and her performing sea lions, Nora Bayes, Abie Mitchell and The Bioscope. Contains commercial advertising, 2p.p.

Dates: 5 December 1905

The Palace Theatre of Variety Programme, 28 April 1902

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.82
Scope and Contents

Three fold programme with black illustration of a woman dancing, illustration of interior and exterior views of the building and a female performer on the outside, on the inside programme listing Harry Drew, Mabel Allen, Katie Vesey, Professor Dunca and his troupe of Collie dogs, May Belfort, The Follies, Maude Courtney, G.H. Chirgwin, Tableaux Vivants, The Madcaps, Datas, Quatuor Basque and The American Biograph. Contains commercial advertisements.

Dates: 28 April 1902

The Palace Theatre of Variety Programme, 24 December 1900

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.83
Scope and Contents Three fold programme with colour illustration of a woman dancing, illustration of interior and exterior views of the building and a female performer on the outside, on the inside programme listing Abba Omar, W.H. Morgan, Lizzie Ramsden, Edie Ross, Aglos Trio, George Ridgwell, The Marco Twins, mlle. Kara, The Alaska Arminis, Proveanis Troupe of cyclists, The Manhattan Comedy Four, Edith Courtney, H. Thurston, Arthur Stanley, Mrs Brosn-Potter, The Amoros Werner Troupe of Pantomimists, The...
Dates: 24 December 1900

The Palace Theatre of Variety Programme, 28 November 1898

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.84
Scope and Contents Three fold programme with colour illustration of a woman dancing, illustration of interior and exterior views of the building and a female performer on the outside, on the inside programme listing Cabaret, La Tostia, Les Gaetano Olloms Trio, Edith Courtney, Vandy, Harry Pleon, Byron Chas. Bicknell, Euterpean Vocal Quartette, Staley and Birbeck, Cyrus Dare, Charles Capper, Marie Lloyd, Burke, Andrus and Frisco, Wood and Shepard, The American Biograph, sid Black, Arthur Nelstone and Minnie...
Dates: 28 November 1898

The Palace Theatre of Variety Programme, 21 February 1898

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.85
Scope and Contents

Three fold programme with colour illustration of a woman dancing, illustration of interior and exterior views of the building and a female performer on the outside, on the inside programme listing Carl Grant, Wilfred Edwardes, The Karmanns, Nellie Hanlon, Avolina, Edith Courtney, Kokin, Herbert Linwood, The Marionis, Gus Elen, S.J. Rawson, Ymata Tiero, The American Biograph, Marie Lloyd, Zaeo the Great, Mignonette and The Burnells. Contains commercial advertisements.

Dates: 21 February 1898