mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Waif Th, from Worlds Beauties, Series 2 (N27) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888
Margaret Mather, from Worlds Beauties, Series 1 (N26) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888
Mrs. Robinson (Perdita), 1781, (c1915). Artist: Thomas GainsboroughMrs. Robinson (Perdita), 1781, (c1915). Mary Robinson (c1757-1800), English actress and writer. The painting is part of the Wallace Collection, London
Girl with a Rose, 1913, (1923). Artist: Pierre-Auguste RenoirGirl with a Rose, 1913, (1923). Portrait of Gabrielle Colonna-Romano (1888-1981), French actress. From Modern French Painters, by Jan Gordon. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1923]
Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), American actor and filmmaker, c1920s. (Colorised black and white print). (Colorised black and white print)
Janice Jarratt, American actress, 1938. Janice Jarratt (1914-1991) made one film appearance, uncredited, in Kid Millions in 1934
Anita Page, American film actress, c1938. Anita Page (1910-2008) reached stardom in the last years of the silent film era and became a highly popular young star
Kathleen Burke, American film actress, c1938. Kathleen Burke (1913-1980) appeared in several films in the 1930s, including The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, with Gary Cooper, and The Last Outpost
Irene Ware, American film actress, c1938. Irene Ware (1910-1993) was Miss United States at the 1929 International Pageant of Pulchritude (Miss Universe pageant)
Phyllis Broughton, British actress, 1884. Artist: Samuel A WalkerPhyllis Broughton, British actress, 1884. A photograph from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume IV, July to December, 1884, edited by Clement Scott, David Bogue, London, 1884
Olive May, actress, c1900s-c1910s(?). Artist: Tuck and SonsOlive May, actress, c1900s-c1910s(?)
Tom Walls (1883-1949), English actor, 20th century. Walls was a popular English stage and motion-pictures character actor and film director
Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), 20th century. Laurel and Hardy became famous as comedians during the early half of the 20th century for their work in both silent
Gary Cooper (1901-1961), American actor, 20th century. Cooper won two Best Actor Academy Awards for his performances in Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952)
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), English / American actor and commedian, 1928Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), English/American actor and commedian, 1928. Seen here in a scene from The Circus. Chaplin was an Academy Award-winning actor and director
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born American film and television actress, 1940s. Artist: Paramount PicturesYvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born American film and television actress, 1940s. Yvonne De Carlo made her screen actin debut in 1941. She played Moses wife Sephora in The Ten Commandments in 1956
Ida Lupino, English film actress and director, 1940s. Artist: Warner BrothersIda Lupino, English film actress and director, 1940s. Ida Lupino appeared in 59 films over the course of her acting career
Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) in The Young Rajah, 1922
Marie Hemingway (1883-1939), English actress, 1916. Artist: Elliott & FryMarie Hemingway (1883-1939), English actress, 1916
Clara Bow (1905-1965), American actress and sex symbol, 1928. Artist: WD & HO WillsClara Bow (1905-1965), American actress and sex symbol, 1928. Bow was widely recognized as an archetypal flapper and the original It Girl
Julia Neilson and Fred Terry in a scene from Dorothy O The Hall, early 20th century. Artist: Ellis & WaleryJulia Neilson and Fred Terry in a scene from Dorothy O The Hall, early 20th century
Vera-Ellen, American actress and stage and film dancer. Vera-Ellen (1921-1981) began dancing at the age of 10. She appeared in several Hollywood musicals, including On the Town (1949), with Gene Kelly
George Grossmith (1847-1912), English comedian, writer and actor, early 20th century. Artist: Rotary PhotoGeorge Grossmith (1847-1912), English comedian, writer and actor, early 20th century
Ballet Tragique, 1781. Tragic ballet of Jason and Medea. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily
WC Fields, American comedian and actor, 1934-1935. Born William Claude Dukenfield, Fields was one of the iconic figures in American comedy of the first half of the 20th century
Joe E Brown, American actor and comedian, 1934-1935. Brown became a star after appearing in On With the Show, the first all colour talking musical comedy, in 1929
Portia, 1891. Artist: Fanny BowersPortia, 1891. The heroine from The Merchant of Venice. A colour lithograph from Shakespeares Heroes and Heroines after Sir A Callcott, C R Leslie, D Maclise, A Redgrave, s Hart & C
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, American-based comedy duo, 1933. Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) became famous during the early half of the 20th century for their work in motion
Greta Garbo, Swedish actress, 1933. Garbo (1905-1990), was a Swedish actress, by reputation one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever to be produced by MGM
The first troupe of the Moscow Art Theatre, Russia, 1900. The Moscow Art Theatre was founded by Constantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1898
Frank Morgan, American film actor, 1934-1935. Morgan (1890-1949) is best known for playing the title character in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave
Roman mosaic of Scene from play with masked actors, Villa of Cicero, Pompeii, c2nd century BC. Three actors dressed as women wearing masks are seated round a circular table. By Dioscurides of Samos
The Actress Margarita, 1909. Artist: Niko PirosmanishviliThe Actress Margarita, 1909. From the collection of the The State Museum of Fine Arts of Georgia, Tbilisi
A scene from the Terence Rattigan play, Ross, Worksop College, Nottinghamshire, 1963. The play is a biographical play of TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
Character from a production of Shakespeares Twelfth Night, Worksop College, Derbyshire, 1960
Production of Shakespeares Twelfth Night, Worksop College, Derbyshire, 1960. ArtistProduction of Shakespeares Twelfth Night, Worksop College, Derbyshire, 1960
Laurel and Hardy statue, Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria, 2009. Known locally as The Coro, Ulverstons Coronation Hall was built in the 1910s in commemoration of the coronation of King George V
Mazeppa, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]
The Burning of Moscow: A Grand Military and Equestrian Spectacle, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]
Tom Thumb, 1942. Artist: Day & HagheTom Thumb, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]
Bartholomew Fair: From the Inside, 1942. Artist: R. CruikshankBartholomew Fair: From the Inside, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]
Scenes in Harlequin Red-Riding-Hood, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]
The Burmese War: A Grand Naval and Military Melo-Drama, 1942. Artist: R. CruikshankThe Burmese War: A Grand Naval and Military Melo-Drama, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]
Dan Leno, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]. (Colorised black and white print)
La lecture de Moliere, 1728, (1937). Artist: Jean Francois de TroyLa lecture de Moliere, 1728, (1937). From Verve - Vol.1, No. 1, December 1937. [Verve, France, 1937]
Italian Comedians, c1720. Artist: Jean-Antoine WatteauItalian Comedians, c1720. The painting is part of the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker
Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, 1869. Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was probably the most famous stage actress of the 19th century
Szene aus Shakuntalavilasa, dem Spiel von Shakuntala, 1926. Actors in the play Shakuntala. From Der Indische Kulturkreis in Einzeldarstellungen. [Georg Muller, Munich, 1926]
