British Variety Theatre

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  • Опубліковано 31 січ 2010
  • This clip relates to my new book about variety theatre, Britain Had Talent: A History of Variety Theatre (Palgrave, 2011). Check it out on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Britain-Had-T...
    Footage of some great variety acts: the Ganjou Brothers & Juanita; Stanelli & his Hornchestra; Horace Goldin; Wilson, Keppel & Betty; Max Miller; The Beverley Sisters; Slim Rhyder; and Teddy Brown
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  • @mandolinic
    @mandolinic 4 роки тому +37

    Wilson, Keppel and Betty - brilliantly funny.

  • @aadamtx
    @aadamtx 2 роки тому +9

    I came across Wilson & Keppel in a feature film here on YT. At least they made it to the big screen!

  • @philipadams5386
    @philipadams5386 2 роки тому +14

    Very interesting. My father worked in music hall as a song-and-dance man and was a member of the London Hippodrome theatre company in the 1930s. It's a big regret of mine that he died before I was old enough to appreciate his work on the stage, although I know he worked with Arthur Askey, Gracie Fields, and Jack Buchanan. Whenever he was waiting to take us kids out somewhere (he was always ready to leave before we were), he would stand at the door and go through his old dance steps.

  • @john86779
    @john86779 4 роки тому +11

    what great acts they were sadly all gone

    • @TMPreRaff
      @TMPreRaff 4 роки тому

      No, they're still performing... they're just 112 years old.

    • @geowynleda4641
      @geowynleda4641 4 роки тому +3

      And no-one to take their place, which is even sadder.

  • @gillcawthorn7572
    @gillcawthorn7572 Рік тому +1

    As a child ,I loved the sound of the musical saw

  • @anythingbootneck
    @anythingbootneck 2 роки тому +4

    Just love Teddy Brown!👍🏻

  • @louisemorris3424
    @louisemorris3424 4 роки тому +6

    Enjoyed this propper entertainment

  • @ronvonryan
    @ronvonryan 5 років тому +6

    I have just read Oliver's book, and anyone who is interested in the subject I highly recommend they get this book, what a great read!!!

  • @The_Capri_Kid
    @The_Capri_Kid 4 роки тому +23

    Bravo!! Much more entertaining than today's crap!!

  • @geowynleda4641
    @geowynleda4641 4 роки тому +8

    The first and last acts were just amazing, that girl had nerves of steel!

    • @arhassoc
      @arhassoc 3 роки тому

      .....as well as thighs you could crack walnuts with!!

  • @frankhyland6333
    @frankhyland6333 5 років тому +6

    Brilliant

  • @bob28952
    @bob28952 11 місяців тому

    WKB every time! Brilliant.

  • @JamesGU4
    @JamesGU4 4 роки тому +6

    Fantastic post - thank you. Compare these artists to the pampered and mainly talentless prima donnas of the modern pop and so-called celebrity worlds.

  • @user-hc4lb2px5x
    @user-hc4lb2px5x Рік тому +1

    Как это прекрасно!

  • @davidedwards3361
    @davidedwards3361 4 роки тому +14

    The guy on the Xylophone was incredible. Where has all the talent gone?

    • @kotkotich1958
      @kotkotich1958 Рік тому

      Сатанисты убрали со сцен таланты, и подменили их бесами.

  • @OliverDouble
    @OliverDouble  11 років тому +5

    If you like this video, check out the sequel. Just type 'British Variety Theatre 2' into the search window of UA-cam

  • @Catherineone
    @Catherineone 5 років тому +21

    There was a lot of real talent around in them days.

    • @lillianflorence6056
      @lillianflorence6056 Рік тому +3

      Not today,

    • @kotkotich1958
      @kotkotich1958 Рік тому +1

      А сейчас, нужно быть бесноватым отморозком, чтобы попасть на сцену, по другому не пропустят.

  • @dameaustel
    @dameaustel 6 років тому +3

    RIP Merian Ganjou

  • @ronvonryan
    @ronvonryan 5 років тому +4

    Great book!!! such a great read.

  • @kittymervine6115
    @kittymervine6115 25 днів тому

    this is the original Bette's daughter. She could not use her arm muscles, so had to do one handed cart wheels.

  • @jonathanvince8173
    @jonathanvince8173 Рік тому +1

    Well some of them would had won The Talent shows.

  • @pinkyman5155
    @pinkyman5155 4 роки тому +8

    Proper entertainment, not like the rubbish nowadays.

  • @rockybernard2997
    @rockybernard2997 Рік тому +2

    all that orchestrated sound, coordinated movement, and boundless talent... Not the product of syncopated A.I.! To young folks today, that might seem unbelievable, but raw talent was once enjoyed before it became duplicated, scripted, manufactured, bottled and bombarded on you by marketers. Those were the days.

  • @steventhorson4487
    @steventhorson4487 2 роки тому

    Tricky..

  • @CarlWithRecords
    @CarlWithRecords 13 років тому +10

    more Max Miller please !and less Bruce Springston - who's one example of an over-rated " genius" who's annoying and can't sing - Whatever happened to real talents Like Max Miller ? - Now we're all supposed to like mediocre performers like Michael Jackson or really lousy ones like Brittany Spears - No one covers a single song by anyone today cause almost no one can write even a mediocre one !

  • @jsgould5392
    @jsgould5392 Рік тому +1

    No great talen nowadays.

  • @eugengorlachov1657
    @eugengorlachov1657 Рік тому

    Как все убого и безвкусно...печалька

  • @kevinbennett7615
    @kevinbennett7615 5 років тому

    Bill Bailey does that car horn thing, much better.

  • @lenniecapuano6010
    @lenniecapuano6010 4 роки тому +3

    what a load of crap we watched

  • @suedearing-ex7ve
    @suedearing-ex7ve Рік тому

    I think people were more easily pleased then maybe more naive. I love Wilson Keppel and Betty but the rest of it is embarrassing

  • @spencereagle1118
    @spencereagle1118 Рік тому

    No wonder they all happily went off to war, getting shot at was better than watching that lot.

  • @JudenHeraus
    @JudenHeraus Рік тому

    real horse faces