Two black and white photographs showing the visit by Norma and Constance Talmadge to the Lounge Cinema, Leeds

Made:
1922-09 in Leeds
photographer:
Unknown

Two black and white photographs showing the visit by Norma and Constance Talmadge (1920s Hollywood stars) to the Lounge Cinema in Leeds, September 1922.

Both Norma Talmadge (1894-1957) and Constance Talmage (1898 - 1973) were American actress of the silent era. Norma was also a successul film producer with her own production company. Their peak in populatirty was during the early 1920s when this photograph was taken. Both sisters (plus their other sister Natalie (1896 - 1969), also an actress retired from the movie business with the advent of the Talkies.

The Lounge cinema in Headingley, Leeds was opened in 1916 and closed in January 2005. Most of the building was demolished in January 2012, with only the facade being retained as part of a new development of flats, restaurant and bar.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
2005-5006
type:
photograph
credit:
National Media Museum, Bradford

Parts

Photograph of Norma & Constance Talmadge

Photograph of Norma & Constance Talmadge

Photograph of Mr Leonard Denham, Managing Director of the Lounge Cinema, Headingley, Leeds greeting film stars Norma and Constance Talmadge off the train in Leeds, September 1922, surrounded by a small crowd of people.

Materials:
emulsion and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2005-5006/1
type:
photograph
Photograph of Norma & Constance Talmadge

Photograph of Norma & Constance Talmadge

Photograph of Norma and Constance Talmadge holding bouquets of flowers alongisde a man wearing a chain of office (Mayor of Leeds?) at the Lounge Cinema, Headingly, Leeds in September 1922, crowd of people behind them.

Materials:
emulsion and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2005-5006/2
type:
photograph