CLAUDE HULBERT
DANCER— AUTHOR—COMEDIAN A new star has risen on the British screen firmament and his name is Claude Hulbert! In British International Pictures’ film farce il Their Night Out ” he appears as a particularly goofy young man-about-town who is mistaken by a gang of jewel thieves for their unknown mastermind. Born on a Christmas day and next door to a workhouse, Claude Noel has, from his early youth, planned out his own peculiar career with a complete independence of the influence of his famous brother Jack.. Sons of a doctor, Iboth brothers graduated at Cambridge and were stcut supporters of the famous “ Footlights,” Claude being a vice-president. His early ambitions were roused by visits to circuses. In a gymnasium improvised in a garage, Claude started to train as an acrobat, but abandoned a neck-breaking pursuit eventually for acrobat and trick dancing. His career began in that nursery for comedians, the concert party, and here he attracted the attention of two important people—George Grossknith and Enid, his future wife. Result—leading part cn tour in “The Beauty Prize v and a wedding.
Hulbert rapidly came to the fore in a series of musical shows at the Winter Garden—'“ Primirose,” “Tell Me More,” “Kid Boots,” and “Sunny,” “ Song of the Sea ” and “ Dear Love,” at other theatres, returning, to the former to appear fo'r the only time with Jack in “Follow a Star.” He
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Waipa Post, Volume 47, Issue 3357, 29 July 1933, Page 9
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