Exhibit H1
The Butterfly. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. No. 490. 31 January 1914.
Running downwards on page 4, “The Butterfly Picture Palace”, a “cinema” drawn since 1913 by Tom Radford more
Exhibit H2
Comic Cuts. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 1605. 12 February 1921.
While most of the Amalgamated Press comics have one “cinema”, Comic Cuts has two, running down the sides of the centre pages more
Exhibit H3
Illustrated Chips. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 1610. 9 July 1921.
Across the top of this dense centre-page spread runs “Chips’ Comic Cinema”, more
Exhibit H4
Chuckles. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 10, no. 1. 14 March 1914.
This week, “Chuckles’ Coloured Cinema” (“coloured” here meaning red-and-black) is showing a humorous “film” more
Exhibit H5
Chuckles. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol. 8, no. 464. 25 November 1922.
“Chuckles’ Weekly Cinema” now appears on a black-and-white page, hence the change of name (compare H4) more
Exhibit H6
The Funny Wonder. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 4, no. 157. 24 March 1917.
Announced as “Charlie Chaplin, the Scream of the Earth (of Essanay Picture Fame)”, more
Exhibit H7
Postcard. Photo of Charlie Chaplin. Essanay series. No. 4. [1916].
The world’s most famous screen tramp. During his boyhood years (the 1890s) in London, Charlie Chaplin had been a keen follower of knockabout antics more
Exhibit H8
The Firefly. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. No. 56. 11 March 1916.
While his brother Charlie was appearing in The Funny Wonder, “Syd Chaplin, the King of Keystone Komiks” was knocking about in more
Exhibit H9
Cigarette card. Photo of Syd Chaplin. Wills’s Cigarettes Cinema Stars. 1st series. No. 4. [1928].
This small card depicts Syd Chaplin in his role as Old Bill in the movie The Better ‘Ole, 1926 more
Exhibit H10
Production still. Tarzan. Film Favorites. No. 2. [1920].
Given away with The Funny Wonder dated 23 October 1920, this still shows Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan and Enid Markey as Jane in Tarzan of the Apes more
Exhibit H11
Boys’ Cinema. London. Amalgamated Press. Vol. 7, no.171. 17 March 1923.
The front cover of this issue of Boys’ Cinema reproduces a still from the movie Catch My Smoke (1922) more
Exhibit H12
Postcard. Photo portrait of Tom Mix. “Pictures” Portrait Gallery. No. 139. [c.1920].
Given away with the British movie magazine Pictures. more
Exhibit H13
Film Fun. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol. 13, no. 558. 27 September 1930.
In autumn 1930 Film Fun featured Harold Lloyd (“The Pathé Mirth Merchant”) as its cover-page comedian more
Exhibit H14
Postcard. Photo of Harold Lloyd. “Picturegoer” series. No. 32. London: 88 Long Acre. [c.1922].
From the first series of postcards given away with the British movie magazine Picturegoer more
Exhibit H15
Film Fun. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol. 15, no. 750. 2 June 1934.
First appearing in Film Fun on 1 November 1930, and promoted to page one on 10 March 1934, the Laurel and Hardy characters more
Exhibit H16
Postcard. Photo of Laurel and Hardy. Film Picture Stories Star Series. No. 6. [1934].
Photocard given away with number 7 of the comic Film Picture Stories, dated 8 September 1934 more
Exhibit H17
Film Fun. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol. 16, no. 925. 9 October 1937.
Two pages from a four-page serialised adventure strip “The Secret of the Hooded Raider” featuring Buck Jones (Universal Pictures) more
Exhibit H18
Postcard. Photo of Buck Jones. A Real Photogravure Portrait. [1937].
Postcard given away with the British comic Film Fun in 1937, depicting popular American film star Buck Jones more
Exhibit H19
Film Fun Annual 1938. London: Amalgamated Press. [1937].
Based on the Amalgamated Press comic, this is the first of 24 Film Fun Annualsmore
Exhibit H20 a
Leaflet. Advert for the first number of The Kinema Comic. [London: Amalgamated Press. April 1920].
See exhibit H20 b for additional page.
This promotional flyer seems to suggest that the new weekly Kinema Comic would consist of undiluted “funniosity” more
Exhibit H20 b
Leaflet. Advert for the first number of The Kinema Comic. [London: Amalgamated Press. April 1920].
See exhibit H20 a for additional page.
This promotional flyer seems to suggest that the new weekly Kinema Comic would consist of undiluted “funniosity” more
Exhibit H21
The Kinema Comic Easter Holiday Number. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol. 13, no. 622. 26 March 1932.
On the front and back pages, a humorous strip based on the screen persona of silent-movie star Chester Conklin more
Exhibit H22
Press photo of Chester Conklin. Issued by Paramount Pictures. Released 1928.
Date-stamped “Oct 3 1928”, the above photo has been retouched with a fine black pen more
Exhibit H23
Tip Top. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 148. 13 February 1937.
Ken Maynard, “King of Cowboy Film Stars”, in an adventure strip entitled “The River of Flowing Gold” more
Exhibit H24
Press photo. Film star Ken Maynard. Released 1938.
Although the photo is clearly date-stamped “Mar 18 1938” and “Mar 20 1938”, it may originally have been taken as early as 1933 more
Exhibit H25
Larks. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 464. 12 September 1936.
The first episode of “The Cruise of the Sea Hawk”, drawn by George Heath, a serialised thriller featuring film star James Cagney more
Exhibit H26
Postcard. Photo portrait of James Cagney. Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Pictures. No. 75. [c.1935].
A British postcard without details of printer or licensed issuing firm. While James Cagney was a popular star in the 1930s more
Exhibit H27
Jester. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 1868. 28 August 1937.
Following a series of “picture-dramas” loosely based on the screen persona of Gary Cooper (“The Trail of Vengeance”, “Sunken Gold”, etc.) more
Exhibit H28
Jester. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 1920. 27 August 1938.
“They Made Him an Outlaw!” presents Gary Cooper as wrongfully outlawed Gary Graham in a “Wonderful Picture-Drama of the Wild West” more
Exhibit H29
Postcard. Photo portrait of Gary Cooper. Colourgraph Series. No. C390. London: 85 Long Acre. [c.1935].
This hand-tinted photo of a young smiling Cooper was evidently taken many years before his unsmiling but Academy Award-winning performance in the classic western High Noon (1952) more
