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Marie Löhr (1890-1975),
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as Lady Teazle in H. Beerbohm Tree's revival of The School for Scandal, His Majesty's, London, 7 April 1909
(photo: Dover Street Studios, London, 1909)
Footlight Notes no. 572
contents
for the week ending
6 September 2008
Home - FOOTLIGHT NOTES, images of theatre and other popular entertainment, 1850s-1920s - an extra large cabinet photograph, 12 ¾ x 7 inches, of Emma Carson (fl. 1880s), American actress and singer, as she appeared in a revival of H.B. Farnie's burlesque version of Offenbach's Bluebeard, produced at the Bijou Opera House, New York, Tuesday, 6 May 1884
Davy Burnaby (1881-1949)
and
Leslie Henson (1891-1957)
English actors and singers
as they appeared for their duet
'Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days,'
words by Clifford Grey and music by Jerome Kern, in the musical play Theodore & Co, produced at the Gaiety Theatre, London, 19 September 1916
(photo: Foulsham & Banfield, London, 1916)
Sound file (1.8 mb) - Davy Burnaby and Leslie Henson's comic duet 'Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days' was one of the highlights of Theodore & Co; they are accompanied here by the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Willie Redstone (HMV 04181, mx H0-2266/7af, recorded at the studios of the Gramophone Co Ltd, Hayes, West London, 27 October 1916).
Celebrity of the Week - Nelly Moon (1850?-1907), English music hall serio-comic and descriptive vocalist
Postcard of the week - an episode in Max Reinhardt's first London production of The Miracle, Olympia, 23 December 1911
Please use the above image © John Culme, 2008
Cigarette Card of the week - Annie Harrington (fl. 1890s), American dancer
Minor Player / Variety Act of the week - Lizzie Lisette (fl. late 1860s/early 1870s), English music hall serio-comic vocalist and dancer
Press Clippings of the week - Kitty Loftus, appearing in the Crystal Palace pantomime, Christmas 1891/92, recalls a dramatic panic / Rosie Boote looses a dancing shoe, 1896
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More celebrity recordings from the Footlight Notes Collection, including Norah Bayes, Lee White and Clay Smith, Elsie Janis and Basil Hallam, J.W. Rickaby, Jay Laurier, Blanche Ring, Bonita and Lew Hearn, Dorothy Dickson, Odette Myrtil, John Steel and more.
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