East End Entertainers Of 1922
January 23, 2015
Given that this is officially the most depressing week of the year, I thought it was high time we brought on some entertainers to banish those January blues and cheer us all up, so I consulted the Concert Artistes Directory of 1922 in the Bishopsgate Institute to see what local talent was on offer.
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Images courtesy Bishopsgate Institute
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This is good, I like these, fascinating incite into the period of the music hall era, and so many artist’s living in the local area, Elsie and Doris Walters were sisters to Jack Warner, (dixon of dock green) the Blue Plaque listings state that there is a blue plaque to Jack Warner in Rounton Road but I have looked for it on more than one occasion and never been able to find any trace of it ? ? also interesting to note that Louis Noel Arnold has his Manor Park address listed as “Essex”, and I would love to have seen Sivori Levey and his masks, his act looks intriguing, also a sign of the time is how many of the artists even list their telephone numbers, I doubt you would find many of today’s entertainers being so bold as to do that, how time’s have changed, lovely topic.
and interesting how stiff and unfunny it seems to modern readers. Slightly impenetrable and all the more interesting because of it
Lovely to see such an early image of Elsie and Doris Waters. I have some wonderful old movies they made during the war – at that time there were more famous than their brother was to become – as Dixon of Dock Green.
Years ago, as someone who grew up in New York, but wanted to be totally assimilated into my adopted country, I remember feeling very smug when I was able to say to an English friend: ‘Good Heavens, didn’t you know Elsie and Doris Waters were Jack Warner’s sisters?’
Fascinating! I always find myself wanting to know more about their lives (and wishing I could see their acts!). Sivori Levey for example seems to have been quite an active writer, adapting plays and producing reminiscences of his WW1 service.
Wonderful photos from a bygone era. A lot of talent came out of the East End. Valerie
What a diverse selection. The man in masks sounds entertaining! Would be interested to know if the Bishopgate Institute have an index. I am trying to finding out more about a Victorian Comedian called Edward Staunton.
Great Shows — which one would like to see again today!
Love & Peace
ACHIM
Re Elsie and Doris Walters (and Jack Warner), I could not find 1, Rounton Rd. Although number 3 exists as a comparatively new house, number 1 appears to have been demolished.