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Elsie Janis & Basil Hallam in the Passing Show

A page from The Sketch magazine showing scenes from The Passing Show, the popular revue of 1915, starring American actress, Elsie Janis and British actor and heart throb Basil Hallam. Hallam's character, Gilbert the Filbert lampooned the dandy swell of pre-war days. He joined the Kite Balloon Section of the Royal Flying Corps later that year and was killed in August 1916 as his balloon drifted towards enemy lines and his parachute became entangled in the rigging

Picture No
13991407
Media ID
45429401
Size
3500px x 5293px (2.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Page of photographs by Foulsham & Banfield in The Sketch, 24 March 1915
Date
1915

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