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EYELASHES WHILE YOU WAIT

Eyelashes While You Wait (1930)

Technique for applying false eyelashes is demonstrated.

HAVING FUN WITH THE GARDNER

Having Fun With The Gardner (1900)

Early comedy film - Having Fun With Gardner 1910

BOYS WILL BE BOXERS

Boys Will Be Boxers (1928)

Young boys learn to box - cute and funny item.

VANITY UNLIMITED

Vanity Unlimited (1925)

Title and intertitles only - shots missing - story was about making handbags at...

HARRY TATE

Harry Tate (1914-1918)

Comedian Harry Tate in military uniform.

BOBBY HALES aka THEATRICAL GARDEN PARTY

Bobby Hales AKA Theatrical Garden Party (1910-1919)

Performers on stage at Theatrical Garden Party,...

HON. QUICK CHANGE ARTIST

Hon. Quick Change Artist (1930)

Japanese drag queen - or someone posing as one!

 

 

THE GENTLER SEX

The Gentler Sex (1931)

Comedy boxing routine involving two women boxers.

FUN IN 1897

Fun In 1897 (1928)

Crazy slapstick film from 1897 updated with 1928 intertitles. Trick photography used...

1ST SURREY RIFLES SPORTS

1st Surrey Rifles Sports (1915)

Soldiers diving into a river.

TOUPEE MAKING IN GERMANY

Toupee Making In Germany (1969)

Slightly comic item of new treatment interweaving hair onto heads of...

THE STAR-GAZER

The Star-Gazer (1914-1918)

The star-gazer, a World War One cartoon.

NEIL KENYON

Neil Kenyon (1919)

Comedian Neil Kenyon performs on street.

COMEDY DANCERS

Comedy Dancers (1914-1918)

Footage of comedy dancers performing in studio.

SOUTHEND REGATTA

Southend Regatta (1920-1929)

Slapstick fun on beach. Southend-on-Sea.

COMIC CRICKETERS PART 1

Comic Cricketers Part 1 (1914-1918)

Clown cricket players.

COMIC CRICKETERS PART 1

Comic Cricketers Part 1 (1914-1918)

Clown cricket players.

LONDON TELEPHONE GIRLS

London Telephone Girls (1914-1918)

Girls dressed as clowns play hockey match and pose with wounded soldiers.

DANCING IS SO BRACING - BY THE GLAD SEA WAVES

Dancing Is So Bracing - By The Glad Sea Waves (1922)

Chorus girls from "Frisco Frolics" dance on...

1905 - 1932!

1905 - 1932! (1932)

Great couple of female wrestlers from 1905 contrasted with "modern" girl wrestlers.

1905 - 1932!

1905 - 1932! (1932)

Great couple of female wrestlers from 1905 contrasted with "modern" girl wrestlers.

FOXY

Foxy (1929)

Fabulous film showing women who have foxes as pets so that they can turn them into fur coats!

CAMERA INTERVIEWS - WILL HAY

Camera Interviews - Will Hay (1928)

Nice but incomplete film of Will Hay performing one of his...

CAMERA INTERVIEWS - TOM WALLS & RALPH LYNN

Camera Interviews - Tom Walls & Ralph Lynn (1930)

Scenes from a play starring Tom Walls and Ralph...

SYNCHRONISED STEPS

Synchronised Steps (1930)

Parr and Parr do a comedy dance routine in top hat and tails.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE FILM - PART 4

The Evolution Of The Film - Part 4 (1928)

Camera tricks are shown - film reversal of men diving in...

A CHUCKLE FROM CHUCKLES OF 1922

A Chuckle From Chuckles Of 1922 (1922)

Extract from the show "Chuckles of 1922" starring Charles Mac.

THOSE AWKWARD MOMENTS!

Those Awkward Moments! (1925)

Scenes from a play starring Gene Gerrard and Ivy Tresmand - possibly...

MORE LINES - WE WENT TO MARGATE FOR THESE

More Lines - We Went To Margate For These (1932)

Beauty contest by a pool-side in Margate. Leslie...

ARE YOU A LIP-READER?

Are You A Lip-Reader? (1933)

Comedian Con Ingham tells a silent joke - the audience have to try and lip...

BALANCE - A

Balance - A "Wheely" Episode By Paige And Jewett The Trick Cyclists (1933)

Unicyclists act by...

OVERWEIGHT!

Overweight! (1933)

An obese man is subjected to various bizarre exercise regimes - quite funny stuff.

LITTLE FROM

Little From "The Little Revue" - Little Theatre London (1923)

Short extract showing Jack Hulbert...

DAVE AND DUSTY SCARECROW

Dave And Dusty Scarecrow (1948)

Dave is forced to dress up as scarecrow after chasing hens. Berkshire.

DANNY THOMAS DEPARTS

Danny Thomas Departs (1953)

Danny Thomas departs from New York.

DICKENS FETE

Dickens Fete (1914-1929)

People in Victorian costume ride on stagecoach, followed by couples dancing in park...

BANTAM PACK - CHAS CHASE AND THE HULA HULA GIRLS

Bantam Pack - Chas Chase And The Hula Hula Girls (1950)

Chas Chase does a routine and Hula Hula...

A TUMBLE-DOWN NEST

A Tumble-Down Nest (1914-1918)

Frank Hollander draws political cartoon in lightning quick time.

THE DOUGH THAT MAKES THE DOUGHBOYS

The Dough That Makes The Doughboys (1914-1918)

Soldiers throwing loaves of bread!

UNITED SERVICES BALL

United Services Ball (1914-1918)

People at Costume Ball; ca. 1918

CLIMBING THE GREASY POLE

Climbing The Greasy Pole (1914-1918)

Political cartoon by Frank Holland - Kaiser climbing greasy pole.

STUDENTS' DAY

Students' Day (1928)

Funny item showing adventures of 'Big Bill' during Glasgow rag festivities.

CONVOY OF ARMY AMBULANCES AND WOUNDED IN WHEELCHAIRS

Convoy Of Army Ambulances And Wounded In Wheelchairs (1914-1918)

Ambulances arrive at hospital,...

THE WIERE BROTHERS

The Wiere Brothers (1931)

The Wiere Brothers do a fun dance routine (one of the best!), then some silly...

AUDITION - REVUDEVILLE

Audition - Revudeville (1932)

Unusual footage of auditions for a revue show at the Windmill Theatre in...

{THE MUSIC BOX REVUE

{the Music Box Revue (1923)

Great comedy dance routine performed by Solly Ward and Ethelind Terry.

EXCUSE ME...

Excuse Me... (1930)

Nervo and Knox get a pasting by a bevy of chorus girls with boxing gloves.

PETALS FROM

Petals From "Blue Roses" (1931)

A comedy routine and a dance routine from the stage show "Blue Roses".

BEAMS FROM

Beams From "The Island King" At The Adelphi Theatre (1922)

Short extract showing the actor W.H....

THE SUPER MOUTH ORGAN

The Super Mouth Organ (1926)

Funny film showing a Coster Band playing an enormous fake harmonica.