Diners at Denham Studios Restaurant
1 portrait of Anton Walbrook
Diners at Denham Studios Restaurant
by Anthony Wysard
watercolour and pencil, published 1937
14 1/4 in. x 19 3/4 in. (363 mm x 503 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1991
Reference Collection
NPG D312
Artistback to top
- Anthony Wysard (1907-1984), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 58 portraits, Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
Sittersback to top
- Annabella (Suzanne Charpentier) (1907 or 1909-1996), Film actress. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- John Armstrong (1893-1973), Painter and soldier. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Sir Michael Balcon (1896-1977), Film producer. Sitter in 36 portraits. Identify
- Leslie Banks (1890-1952), Actor, director and producer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Monty Banks (Mario Bianchi) (1897-1950), Film director and dancer. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Gertrude Maude ('Binnie') Barnes (1903-1998), Film actress. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Edna Best (1900-1974), Actress. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Lajos Biro (1880-1948), Novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Basil Bleck (1903-1971), Film producer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- C.H. Brand (active 1937), Associated with the film industry. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Clive Brook (1887-1974), Actor. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- (William) Nigel Ernle Bruce (1895-1953), Actor. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), Film director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Geoffrey Carter (active 1937), Journalist. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- (Frederick William) Connery Chappell (1908-1984), Editor and writer. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
- Ruth Chatterton (1893-1961), Actress. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Hugh Ryan ('Jack') Conway (1887-1952), Film director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Ian Cotter (active 1937), Journalist. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- David Cuninghame (active 1937), Associated with the film industry. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Basil Herbert Dean (1888-1978), Theatrical producer. Sitter in 18 portraits. Identify
- Tamara Desni (active 1937), Actress. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992), Actress. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- Robert Donat (1905-1958), Actor. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Mr Dore (active 1937), Maitre d'hotel at Denham Studios Restaurant. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- James Francis ('Jimmy') Durante (1893-1980), Entertainer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Patricia Ellis (1916-1970), Actress. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Jacques Feyder (1885-1948), Screenwriter and film director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dame Gracie Fields (1898-1979), Actress and singer. Sitter in 30 portraits. Identify
- Robert Joseph Flaherty (1884-1951), Film director and writer. Sitter in 17 portraits. Identify
- Thornton Freeland (1898-1987), Actor and film director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Joan Gardner (1914-1999), Actress. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Harry George (active 1937), Associated with the film industry. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Ben Goetz (1891-1979), Film producer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Richard Haestier (active 1932-1937), Journalist. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- (Arthur) Jympson Harman (1891-1988), Film critic. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Reginald Carey ('Rex') Harrison (1908-1990), Actor. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
- Valerie Babette Louise Hobson (1917-1998), Film and stage actress; wife of John Profumo. Sitter in 29 portraits. Identify
- Paul Holt (active 1937-1941), Journalist. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972), Actress. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Leslie Howard (1893-1943), Actor. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- William K. Howard (1899-1954), Film director. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- James Wong Howe (1899-1976), Cinematographer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Jack Hulbert (1892-1978), Actor; dramatic author; manager; producer. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Harold Huth (1892-1967), Film actor, director and producer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Robert T. Kane (active 1937-1949), Film producer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Alexander Korda (Alexander Laszlo Kellner) (1893-1956), Film producer. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- Vincent Korda (1897-1979), Film art director. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- Zoltan Korda (1895-1961), Screenwriter, film producer and director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986), Actress. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Charles Laughton (1899-1962), Actor. Sitter in 19 portraits. Identify
- Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), Actress. Sitter associated with 147 portraits. Identify
- Caroline Alice LeJeune (Mrs Edward Roffe Thompson) (1877-1973), Film critic. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Roger Livesey (1906-1976), Actor. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Edmund Lowe (1890-1971), Actor. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Victor Andrew de Bier McLaglen (1883-1959), Boxer and actor. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Ned Mann (active 1920s-1950s), Film special effects man. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Patrick L. Mannock (1887-1969), Script writer and film critic. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- Raymond Massey (1896-1983), Actor and director. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
- John Myers (active 1937), Writer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dame Anna Neagle (Florence Marjorie Wilcox (née Robertson)) (1904-1986), Actor and film producer. Sitter in 43 portraits. Identify
- David Niven (1910-1983), Actor, producer and writer. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Merle Oberon (Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson) (1911-1979), Film actress. Sitter in 31 portraits. Identify
- Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (1907-1989), Actor, producer and director. Sitter in 114 portraits. Identify
- Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998), Film actress. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Pianist, composer, diplomat and politician. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- Steven Pallos (1902-active 1971), Film producer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Georges Périnal (1897-1965), Film cameraman. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Erich Pommer (1889-1966), Film producer. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Arnold Pressburger (1885-1951), Film producer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Walter Reisch (1903-1983), Screenwriter and director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Ralph David Richardson (1902-1983), Actor. Sitter in 42 portraits. Identify
- Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973), Actor. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dame Flora Robson (1902-1984), Actor. Sitter in 48 portraits. Identify
- Harold ('Hal') Rosson (1895-1988), Cinematographer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sabu Dastagir (1924-1963), Actor. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify
- Victor Saville (1897-1979), Film director and producer. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Margaretta Scott (1912-2005), Actress. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Morton Selten (1860-1940), Actor. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Murray Silverstone (1895-1969), Film distribution executive. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969), Film director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Harry Stradling (1901-1970), Cinematographer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Sutro (1903-1987), Film producer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Richard Tauber (né Denemy) (1891-1948), Singer, composer and conductor. Sitter in 18 portraits. Identify
- Robert Taylor (1911-1969), Film actor. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Dorothy Annie ('Ann') Todd (1909-1993), Actress and producer. Sitter in 47 portraits. Identify
- Conrad Veidt (1893-1943), German actor. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Anton Walbrook (Adolf Wohlbruck) (1900-1967), Actor. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Tom Kirby Walls (1883-1949), Actor and theatre manager; Racehorse owner. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Tim Whelan (1893-1957), Film director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Herbert Wilcox (1892-1977), Film director. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- Arthur Wimperis (1874-1953), Composer and screenwriter. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Anthony Wysard (1907-1984), Caricaturist. Sitter associated with 2 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 58 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Buckinghamshire (Denham Studios Restaurant, Denham, Buckinghamshire)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1937back to top
Current affairs
George VI becomes king. The younger brother of Edward VIII was crowned on the 12th May and the coronation was broadcast to Britain and the Empire on the radio. Edward becomes the Duke of Windsor, although the rank of 'Royal Highness' is not extended to Wallis Simpson.Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister following Baldwin's retirement.
Art and science
Roland Penrose organises a tour of Picasso's painting Guernica to the UK. The painting, which shows the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, went on display at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in East LondonInternational
Commercial airship travel is brought to an end with the 'Hindenberg Disaster'. The German airship exploded while landing in New Jersey. The radio broadcaster Herbert Morrison's reaction has become legendary: 'Oh, the humanity!'Japan invades China, killing about 25,000. Japanese Troops committed numerous atrocities against soldiers and civilians in what became known as the 'Rape of Nanking'.
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