George Campo

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George Campo (* 19th century or 20th century ) is or was a pantomime as well as a vaudeville , variety and burlesque artist.

Life

The sources on the origins of George Campo as well as on his life and artistic career are unproductive. In 1932 he appeared together with a partner at Ciro's Club in London with an artistic pantomic number as the "Continental Eccentric dancer". One of his appearances was by the British film production company British Pathé Ltd. recorded and is included in their set to music and shot in black and white Showbiz - Wochenschau Pathetone weekly from June 27, 1932 with the title London's famous Clubs and Cabarets: "La Botte à Matelots" at Ciro’s . After being characterized as a “continental eccentric dancer”, Campo could possibly come from the European mainland (“Continent”).

It is also documented that Campo worked in New York City in 1934 : that year he performed as a pantomime at the premiere of the musical film The Cat and The Fiddle with Jeanette MacDonald and Ramón Novarro in the Capitol Cinema there, alongside other show artists and dancers in the supporting program. In 1935 he was engaged by the revue producer Clifford C. Fischer for his French- inspired and daring success show Folie Parisienne at the French Casino New York at the time because of its freedom of movement ; With this revue Campo made guest appearances in 1936 at the French Casino Miami Beach and in the same year at the Casino London . Campo and his partner Elsie Roy presented a burlesque Apache dance on the show, a revue dance that has been popular in Paris since the 1920s . In 1938 he was seen in the short films Murder with Reservations and Cleaning Up by the director Roy Mack alongside other artists and singers as himself or as a pantomime. Like the 1932 Pathé production, both films were shot in black and white and were usually shown in cinemas as supporting films before the main program.

During the Second World War and also after the USA entered the war in December 1941 , Campo stayed at least temporarily in neutral Sweden , where he made guest appearances at the China Theater in Stockholm from the beginning of 1941 until at least July / August 1943 together with an international variety company . This cinema and revue palace was the largest of its kind in Scandinavia and one of the largest in Europe . The company consisted of American , Swiss and Danish artists and performers. Campo's partner in the show was, among others, the Swiss juggler Béla Kremo , known at the time as “the gentleman juggler”. According to a report in Billboard Magazine , the show program in the 1943 summer season was supplemented by performances by Swedish and German artists as well as 16 German dancers from the Berlin Scala . Nothing is known about the termination of the engagement and about Campos further living conditions in the war and post-war period.

Further media reports about him can only be found again in the 1960s. For example, Campo made an appearance on German television in June 1966 as a guest on the TV show One Will Win in Wiesbaden . In February 1967 he was in the USA on the Ed Sullivan Show (original title: Toast of the Town ), where he appeared alongside Nancy Sinatra and others as a guest with a vaudeville act.

Nothing is known about his further fate.

Appearances by an actor named Georges Campo

In the 1950s, an actor named Georges Campo (with the ending S of the French version of George ) appeared on various revue and musical stages in London . There is evidence of this in London theater yearbooks. Whether this is the same person as George Campo or a coincidental identity of names cannot be clearly proven, but based on the sources it is likely: Georges Campo performed an Apache dance number in the French-inspired revue Latin Quarter in the London Casino in 1951 . With a similar number on a similar show, George Campo had also appeared at the London Casino in 1936. A coincidental name similarity is possible, but can be ruled out. Whether this Georges Campo was a member of the ensemble of the Revue Latin Quarter since the premiere in 1949 cannot be proven according to the sources either.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life is full of ups and downs for George Campo, the Continental Eccentric dancer . Artistic-pantomic act by George Campo, see 4th episode of the set black and white short film by British Pathé Ltd. (as a video stream , the 4th episode starts after 2:39 minutes). (Accessed September 10, 2010.)
  2. ^ Mordaunt Hall : The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) . In: The New York Times of February 17, 1934. (English; online - free access after registration; accessed on September 9, 2010.)
  3. ↑ See information on the Folie Parisienne show at the French Casino New York 1935 at www.jazzageclub.com. (English; accessed on September 9, 2010.)
  4. ↑ See information about George Campo on www.citwf.com. (English; accessed on September 9, 2010.)
  5. ↑ See information on the history of the Chinateatern ( memento of August 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at www.berns.se. (English; accessed on September 9, 2010.)
  6. ↑ See information about Béla Kremo on www.circopedia.org. (English; accessed on September 9, 2010.)
  7. ↑ See American Act Clicks In Swedish Theater , Correspondents Report July 31, 1943, published in Billboard Magazine August 7, 1943, p. 19. (English; accessed September 9, 2010.)
  8. ↑ See Sweden Has Faude But Few Names , Correspondents' Report, July 27, 1943, published in Billboard Magazine September 18, 1943, p. 24. (English, accessed September 11, 2010.)
  9. ↑ See information on the 20th season of the Ed Sullivan Show → Episode 25 ( Memento from September 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at www.mytvshows.org. (English; accessed on September 9, 2010.)
  10. ↑ See details about Georges Campo in the theater world annual , London 1951, about Westend productions. (English; accessed on September 9, 2010.)
  11. ↑ See information about Georges Campo in The Stage yearbook 1958 . (English; accessed on September 9, 2010.)
  12. ↑ Georges Campo on the Latin Quarter playlist , 1951 at www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com. (English; accessed on September 9, 2010.)
personal data
SURNAME Campo, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mime as well as vaudeville, variety and burlesque artists
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century