Predominantly filled with text based press cuttings, these six scrapbooks also feature many images cut out from newspapers, journals and programmes. As well as reviews and publications regarding Binnie Hale’s performances, there are also a small number of fan letters and other correspondence.
Binnie Hale Press Scrapbooks
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- Dates of Creation1923 - 1940
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description6 scrapbooks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Binnie Hale (1899-1984) previously named Beatrice Mary Hale-Munro, was a leading star of London’s 1920s musical comedy circuit. Her career spanned from the early twenties to the early forties and she was an accomplished actress and singer.
Born into a Liverpool-Irish family, she came from a theatrical background with her father and brother being the actors Robert and Sonnie Hale. She made her first professional debut when she was sixteen in 1916 at the Liverpool Empire.
She went on to have a career that was full of variety with the actress starring in musical theatre, musical comedy, revues, vaudeville and pantomime. Along with her stage performances, she was also a talented chanteuse with her song Spread The Happiness recorded from the 1929 musical Mr Cinders winning her notable fame and success.
Arrangement
The scrapbooks are bound into six volumes with each displaying material chronologically:
- Volume I: 1923 - 1927
- Volume II: 1926 - 1930
- Volume III: 1930 (cont.) - 1932
- Volume IV: 1933 - 1936
- Volume V: 1936 (cont.) - 1937
- Volume VI: 1938 - 1940
Access Information
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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Some of the contents in the scrapbooks are loose and all volumes are fragile.
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