Scottish Music Hall & Variety Theatre Society
"The Glorious days of Scottish Music Hall and Variety Theatre".
This page will feature new items on the Empire Theatre, Glasgow.
EMPIRE THEATRE, GLASGOW - THE YEAR 1925.
The information on acts appearing in the Empire Theatre, Glasgow was discovered on a disk containing material for the Society. The information had been compiled by Bob Bain.
DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 30TH MARCH 1925 - FLIRTS AND SKIRTS
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE SID HOWARD, GARRY LYNCH, LOLO RAINE, THE CHORUS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 6TH APRIL 1925 - VARIETY
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE NIXON GREY, DOLLY ELLSWORTH, ERNEST HASTINGS, SCOTT WHALLEY
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 13TH APRIL 1925 - TOM ARNOLD'S ROYAL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE YOUNG STEVE, DARTY & PARTNER, THE FLYING WINSKILLS, MISS VIOLETTA, PRISCILLA KEYES, TOMMY
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 20TH APRIL 1925 - COMEDY
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE MR. TICKLE GEORGE BASS, MOLLIE MILNE, AGNES VERRITY, BETTY JUMEL, STANLEY DAMERELL, MAURICE TURNER, J.P. KENNEDY
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 27TH APRIL 1925 - NIGHT LIGHTS
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE HEDGE BROS & JACOBSEN, FRED MALCOLM, JOE YOUNG, THELMA RAYEN, RITA BERNARD,THE ORIGINAL GINGER GIRLS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 4TH MAY 1925 - LARKS
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE G.S. MELVIN, MAUDIE FRANCIS, JACK BOOT, GEORGE KENNEDY
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 11TH MAY 1925 - ZIP
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE BILLY CARYLL, HILDA MUNDAY, THE ZIP GIRLS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 18TH MAY 1925 - VARIETY
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE PRINCESS WAHLETKA The Psychic Marvel, ALBERT WHELAN, ELLA SHIELDS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 25TH MAY 1925 - THE VANITY BOX
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE WILL HAY, MONA VIVIAN, STEPHEN ADESON, JAMES PLANT, ALICE WATTS,
THE TILLER TROUPE
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 1ST JUNE 1925 - HOLLYWOOD FOLLIES
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE HARRY & BURTON LESTER, BILL PETERS, EDNA PRINCE, THE TEN WAR BABIES & THE PIKE SISTERS, TEN COWBOY SYNCOPATORS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 8TH JUNE 1925 - VARIETY
ACTS APPEARING THE SHOW WERE HETTY KING, SAMSON, MARIE MENDALL, VAN DOCK, LES STADIUMS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 15TH JUNE 1925 - VARIETY
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE SAMSON, ARTHUR PRINCE & JIM, FRED CURRAN, CLAY KEYES, CARR LYNN, WAL LANGTRY, FRANK & VESTA
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 22ND JUNE 1925 - BREVITIES
ACTS APPEARFING IN THE SHOW WERE DICK TUBB, MARJORIE FULTON, GERALD OSBORNE, STELLA ESDALE, IDA LILLE’S BREVITY DANCERS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 29TH JUNE 1925 - A WEEKS PLEASURE
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE BETTY FIELDS, WALTER AMNER, PAT ANNA, PAT AZA, JOE BOND, HILDA FOX, BUSBY BAND OF TWELVE
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 6TH JULY 1925 - ON THE DOLE
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE ALBERT BURDON, JOHNNIE KAVANAGH, JACK WAKEFIELD, SYD RAILTON, MISS VI VIVIENNE
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 13TH JULY 1925 - HEADLIGHTS
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE KITTY COLYER, JIMMIE LESLIE, JERRY & CO, THE CAPITOL BAND, ALFRED AUSTIN, ROBERT LAYTON, BUDD & HARTLEY, MAY MARSHALL, JEAN COLIN, JOSEPH VICTOR,
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 20TH JULY 1925 - VARIETY
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE JACK HYLTON & HIS BAND, ENIS PARKES, TWO BOBS, TOM E. HUGHES, FRANK BENSON, MADGE KENNEDY, LES GERMOINES, LOUISE MAXIM
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 27TH JULY 1925 - VARIETY
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE HARRY WELDON, DAISY WOOD, NIXON GRAY, ROB DAYMAR, HAIG & ESCOE, THE BELLINISTS, MARWIN
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 3RD AUGUST 1925 - VARIETY
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE FRED BARNES, VAL & ERNIE STENTON, LILY LONG,
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 10TH AUGUST 1925 - FLYAWAY PETER
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE BETTY ELEY, GARRY LYNCH, BILLY MELBOURNE, HARRY WELDON, GEORGE BASS, WINDSOR & EDGAR, P. LUCIEN O’BRIAN, THE HIPPODROME GIRLS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 17TH AUGUST 1925 - APPLE SAUCE
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE KIRBY & HUDSON, HOWE & WATT, ENA FOY, MARJORIE YORK, THE HADEN HERBERT FOUR
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 24TH AUGUST 1925 - THE TIMES
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE FRANK e. FRANKS, BUD RICHIE, JEAN BOYNE, A. SCOTT BANNER, IRIS TATE, 16 SHIRLEY GIRLS, EIGHT FRANCONIAN SINGERS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 31ST AUGUST 1925 - THE ROUNDABOUT
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE GLADYS STANLEY, TOM D. NEWALL, PHYLLIS FERGUSSON, TILLER GIRLS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 7TH SEPTEMBER 1925 - VARIETY
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE CORAM & JERSEY, SYBIL VANE, JOHN BIRMINGHAM, DEZSO RETTER, DOVE GYMNASTS, BOB LLOYD, HARRY STYLES
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 14TH SEPTEMBER 1925 - SHEPHERDS PIE
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE JENNIE HARTLEY, HAL BERT, JOHNNY DANVERS, MARION EDWARDS, JAMES DAVIES, CLIFFORD MORGAN, PERCIVAL MACKAY BAND
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 21ST SEPTEMBER 1925 - RAT-A-TAT-TAT
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE MONA MAGNET, DICK EVENS, LESLIE SARONY JOHN HARCOURT, FRANK D. FOX
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 28TH SEPTEMBER 1925 - VARIETY
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE HARRY TATE, TUCKER, NAUGHTON & GOLD, BURR & HOPE, DAN STANLEY, AL BIRNES,
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 5TH OCTOBER 1925 - HELTER SKELTER
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE BARBARA BABBINGTON, RICH & GALVIN, SANDY POWELL, SPENCER WARD, MERVYN ROLANDO, ESPINOSA GIRLS
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 12TH OCTOBER 1925 - THE ARCADIANS
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE L. RIGNOLD, HARRY CLEMENCE, GWEN CLIFFORD, W.A. HAINES, EDITH ALDERMAN,
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DATE: WEEK COMMENCING 19TH OCTOBER 1925 - A JAZZ ROUNDUP
ACTS APPEARING IN THE SHOW WERE HARRY & BURTON LESTER, GLADYS NEVILLE, ANNIE VERNON, STANLEY BROWNE, LITTLE NICK, KADUM BEN AHMED, THE LESTER GIRLS
This completes the list of Variety Shows at the Empire Theatre, Glasgow for 1925.
