Show Business Collection (page 8)

Frank Lawton, British actor, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Kay Francis, American actress, 1934-1935. After a brief Broadway career, Kay Francis went Hollywood, becoming Warner Brothers top female star in the mid 1930s

Richard Arlen, American actor, 1934-1935. Born Cornelius Richard Van Mattimore, Arlen starred in silent pictures in the late 1920s before making the transition to talking films

Mae Clarke, American actress, 1934-1935. Mae Clarke starred in several Universal Studios pictures in the 1930s, including Frankenstein and The Public Enemy (both 1931)

Jack Holt, American actor, 1934-1935. Born Charles John Holt, he was a prominent leading man in silent and early talking films. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Victor McLaglen, British boxer and actor, 1934-1935. McLaglen travelled to Hollywood in the 1920s. He won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Informer (1935)

Marian Nixon, American Actress, 1934-1935. Marian Nixon successfully coped with the transition from silent pictures to talkies. In all she appeared in 73 films

Toby Wing, American actress, 1934-1935. In early 1930s Hollywood Toby Wing was regarded as a sex symbol rivalling Claudette Colbert and Marlene Dietrich Taken from Meet the Film Stars

Carl Brisson, Danish born actor, 1934-1935. Born Carl Pederson in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1893, Brisson was a professional boxer before he became a Hollywood actor

Jack Oakie, American actor, 1934-1935. Born Lewis Delaney Offield, Oakie is best remembered for his role as Benzino Napaloni

Maureen O Sullivan, Irish born American actress, 1934-1935. Maureen O Sullivan played the role of Jane in six Tarzan movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave

Norma Shearer, Canadian born American actress, 1934-1935. Shearer was dubbed the First Lady of the Screen. She was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar on six occasions

Richard Tauber, Austrian-born British tenor, 1934-1935
Richard Tauber, (1892-1948), Austrian tenor, 1934-1935. Austrian born British tenor celebrated for his work in opera and operetta, Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave

Jane Baxter, British Actress, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Clive Brook, English actor, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Diana Wynyard, British stage and film actress, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Leslie Howard, Englsh actor, 1934-1935. Born Leslie Howard Stainer, he is best remembered for his portrayal of Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind (1939)

Helen Hayes, American actress, 1934-1935. Helen Hayes was one of only nine people to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony Award. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave

Madge Evans, American actress, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Wallace Beery, American actor, 1934-1935. Beery won a Best Actor Oscar in 1931 for his performance in The Champ. He is shown here playing the role of Pancho Villa in Viva Villa! (1934)

Jean Parker, American actress, 1934-1935. Born Lois Mae Green. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Gary Cooper, American actor, 1934-1935. Cooper won two Best Actor Academy Awards for his performances in Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952). Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave

Anna Sten, Russian born actress, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Ann Harding, American actress, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

John Barrymore, American actor, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Elisabeth Bergner, Austro-Hungarian born actress, 1934-1935. Born Elisabeth Ettel. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Conrad Veidt, German film actor, 1934-1935. Born Hans Walter Conrad Weidt, Veidt (1893-1943) was a German actor, well known for his roles in such films as The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)

Alice Faye, American actress and singer, 1934-1935. Born Alice Jeane Leppert, Alice Faye (1915-1998) was a leading Hollywood star in the late 1930s and early 1940s until a dispute with her studio

Spencer Tracy, American film actor, 1934-1935. One of Hollywoods greatest leading men, Tracy (1900-1967) won two Best Actor Oscars

Katharine Hepburn, American film actress, 1934-1935. One of the Hollywood greats, Katharine Hepburns (1907-2003) career spanned over 60 years

Paul Muni, American film actor, 1934-1935. Muni (1895-1967) won a Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Louis Pasteur in The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935)

George Arliss, British actor, 1934-1935. Born George Augustus Andrews, George Arlisss best known role was as Disraeli in the 1929 film of the same name that he also directed

Grace Moore, American operatic soprano and Broadway and film actress, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Madeleine Carroll, British film actress, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Lyle Talbot, American actor, 1934-1935. Talbot (1902-1996) is best known for playing Joe Randolph in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave

Franchot Tone, American film and stage actor, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Fay Wray, Canadian-born American film actress, 1934-1935. Fay Wray (1907-2004) is best remembered for her performance in the original King Kong (1933)

Una Merkel, American film actress, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Harold Lloyd, American film actor, 1934-1935. Lloyd (1893-1971) appeared in silent film comedies. taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Joan Gardner, British film actress, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Douglas Fairbanks, American film actor, 1934-1935
Douglas Fairbanks, American film actor, screenwriter, director and producer, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Douglas Fairbanks, (1883-1939), American Actor, 1934-1935
Douglas Fairbanks, American film actor, screenwriter, director and producer, 1934-1935. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Merle Oberon, British film actress, 1934-1935. Born Estelle Merle O Brien Thompson, Merle Oberon (1911-1979) is best remembered for her performance as Cathy in Wuthering Heights (1939)

The charlatan of the Middle Ages, c1900. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection

Poster advertising Varietes 41 variety show, France, 1941. Jane Sourza and Robert Burnier top the bill

Opening of a restaurant by popular French singers, Paris, September 1941. From left to right; Johnny Hess, Lys Gauty, Elyane Celis, Charpini

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