Nervo and Knox, the Glossary

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1. 37 relations: Albert de Courville, Alf's Button (1930 film), Alf's Button Afloat, Billy Caryll and Hilda Mundy, Broadway (Manhattan), County Durham, Crazy Gang (comedy group), D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Dalston, Devon, Double act, Drag queen, Flanagan and Allen, Fred Karno, Gateshead, Gibberish, It's in the Bag (1936 film), Juggling, Life Is a Circus, London Palladium, Naughton and Gold, New York City, Nottingham, O-Kay for Sound, Palace Theatre (New York City), Paul Cinquevalli, Phonofilm, Revue, Salcombe, Skylarks, Slapstick, Tightrope walking, Val Parnell, Variety show, Victoria Palace, World War I, Ziegfeld Follies.

Albert de Courville

Albert Pierre de Courville (26 March 1887 – 15 March 1960) (born in Croydon, England) was a writer and director of theatrical revues, many of which featured the actress and singer Shirley Kellogg, whom he married in June 1913.

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Alf's Button (1930 film)

Alf's Button is a 1930 British comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Tubby Edlin, Alf Goddard and Nora Swinburne.

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Alf's Button Afloat

Alf's Button Afloat is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter Gawthorne.

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Billy Caryll and Hilda Mundy

Billy Caryll and Hilda Mundy were a British comedy duo who performed in variety shows and films, and on BBC radio, between the early 1920s and late 1940s. Nervo and Knox and Billy Caryll and Hilda Mundy are English comedy duos.

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Broadway (Manhattan)

Broadway is a road in the U.S. state of New York.

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County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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Crazy Gang (comedy group)

The Crazy Gang were a group of British entertainers, formed in the early 1930s.

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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company is a professional British light opera company that, from the 1870s until 1982, staged Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas nearly year-round in the UK and sometimes toured in Europe, North America and elsewhere.

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Dalston

Dalston is an area of East London, in the London Borough of Hackney.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Double act

A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act, often highlighting differences in their characters' personalities.

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Drag queen

A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes.

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Flanagan and Allen

Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy double act most active during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Fred Karno

Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1865 – 17 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall.

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Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.

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Gibberish

Gibberish, also known as jibber-jabber or gobbledygook, is speech that is (or appears to be) nonsense: ranging across speech sounds that are not actual words, pseudowords, language games and specialized jargon that seems nonsensical to outsiders.

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It's in the Bag (1936 film)

Irish For Luck is a 1936 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox and Jack Barty.

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Juggling

Juggling is a physical skill, performed by a juggler, involving the manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment, art or sport.

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Life Is a Circus

Life is a Circus is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Bud Flanagan, Teddy Knox, Jimmy Nervo, Jimmy Gold and Charlie Naughton of the Crazy Gang.

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London Palladium

The London Palladium is a Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street, London, in Soho.

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Naughton and Gold

Naughton and Gold were a comedy double act, consisting of Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nottingham

Nottingham (locally) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England.

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O-Kay for Sound

O-Kay for Sound is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Crazy Gang troupe of comedians.

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Palace Theatre (New York City)

The Palace Theatre is a Broadway theater at 1564 Broadway, facing Times Square, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.

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Paul Cinquevalli

Paul Cinquevalli (30 June 1859 – 14 July 1918) was a German music hall entertainer whose speciality juggling act made him popular in the English music halls during the 19th and early 20th century.

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Phonofilm

Phonofilm is an optical sound-on-film system developed by inventors Lee de Forest and Theodore Case in the early 1920s.

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Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches.

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Salcombe

Salcombe is a resort town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England.

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Skylarks

Skylarks is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox and Nancy Burne.

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Slapstick

Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy.

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Tightrope walking

Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope.

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Val Parnell

Valentine Charles Parnell (14 February 1892 – 22 September 1972) was a British television managing director and presenter, actor and theatrical impresario.

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Variety show

Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism.

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Victoria Palace

The Victoria Palace is a government building on the large Victory Square (Piața Victoriei) in Bucharest, housing the Prime Minister of Romania and his cabinet.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Ziegfeld Follies

The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934, 1936, 1943, and 1957.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervo_and_Knox

Also known as Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox.