Burton was still juggling theatre with film, playing Hamlet and Coriolanus at the Old Vic theatre in 1953 and alternating the roles of Iago and Othello with the Old Vic's other rising matinee idol John Neville.

With " a classic profile that gained him matinee idol status amongst the film-going public ", he was sought out on the strength of a publicity photograph by the Swiss film director Louis Mercanton.

On the special she performed show tunes and comedy bits alongside comic legend George Burns, teen matinee idol Shaun Cassidy, popular television star John Ritter ( during his days on Three's Company ), and even the Harlem Globetrotters joined her for a montage.

During the group's early years, it recorded under several other names, including Johnny Clifton and His String Band, The Four Aces of Western Swing, and Reno Browne and Her Buckaroos ( although Browne, a female matinee idol of the time, did not actually appear on the record ).

Its first manifestation ( often referred to as matinee idol ) may have been Rudolph Valentino, whose good looks and winning way with women featured heavily in such silent films as The Sheik.

A matinee idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood, which ran for 143 episodes from 1955 to 1960.

He became a matinee idol by virtue of a play titled Cobra, and soon began to act in films.

Rogers became a matinee idol and American legend.

The comedy proved to be his first big success in America, running from 1933 to 1934, and made him, as he often put it, " a matinee idol for a whole year!

After a few years, she joined the theater company of matinee idol DeWolf Hopper, whom she called " Wolfie.

Ford also recommended Hunter to director Nicholas Ray for the role of Jesus Christ in the biblical film King of Kings ( 1961 ), a difficult part met by critical reaction that ranged from praise to ridicule ( Hunter's youthful matinee idol looks resulted in the film being derided as " I Was a Teenage Jesus " despite his being 34 years old during shooting ).

According to Publishers Weekly, " Lady Redgrave writes with candor, wit, restraint and some sadness about her background, beginnings in the theater in 1932, marriage and motherhood, the trials of moving and the problems of being married to a handsome matinee idol.

To give the picture an air of legitimacy, he cons over-the-hill American matinee idol Tony Powell ( Victor Mature ) to star in the film, which is blatantly titled The Gold of Cairo.

The Love Lottery ( 1954 ) sees a matinee idol Hollywood Star, played by David Niven, agree to take part in a " love lottery ".

Though renowned for his dark, classically handsome looks that made him a matinee idol from his first film appearance, Power played a wide range of roles, from film leading man to light comedy.

Maxwell Reed ( 2 April 1919, Larne, Northern Ireland – 16 August 1974 ) was a British actor who became a matinee idol during the 1950s with the Rank Organisation in Britain.

Anson-Roa, a Bicolana, is the eldest daughter of post-war matinee idol the late Oscar Moreno, then known as the Robert Taylor of the Philippines, and Belen Cristobal, a descendant of Epifanio de los Santos.

He toured Moravia and central Europe, making a name for himself as a matinee idol in theaters in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria and Germany.

The funeral procession drew tens of thousands who crowded the streets of Quezon City, an event that was reminiscent of the funeral processions of Ninoy Aquino in 1983 and matinee idol Julie Vega in 1985.

He was considered to be the leading matinee idol of his day, but unlike most matinee idols Drew's acting ability was largely undisputed.

The notices were excellent, with The Observer writing: " Mr Coward ’ s production is so inventive, and his own performance so adroit in its mockery of the vain, posturing, and yet self-scrutinising and self-amused matinee idol, that Present Laughter is likely to be future mirth for as long as Mr Coward cares to run it.

Although Reid's good looks and powerful physique made him the perfect " matinee idol ," he was equally happy with roles behind the scenes and often worked as a writer, cameraman, and director.

He was fifty when sound films arrived, and now middle aged with his matinee idol looks fading, he found plenty of work in character roles in which his voice recorded well.

" In 1883, The Times, reviewing a matinee performance of Iolanthe, wrote: " Mr. Grossmith's impersonation of the Lord Chancellor has ... become an exquisitely refined satire.

He first knew that he wanted to become a theatre producer after his aunt took him to a matinee of the Julian Slade musical Salad Days when he was 8 years old.

Since then, it has become a television matinee favorite.

During his day, he was considered a promising actor, quickly working his way up the ranks to become a matinee idol.

The cinemas are open seven days a week, with daily matinee and evening performances ( no matinees on Monday ), making a total of almost 3, 500 screenings annually.

Upon hearing her sing " I Got Rhythm ", the Gershwins immediately cast her, and Merman began juggling daytime rehearsals with her matinee and evening performance schedule at the Palace.

Sennett was immediately charmed by the handsome, cleft-chinned young actor and saw O ' Hara as a potentially popular matinee idol.

He stated that Damrosch's sluggish, dragging tempo caused him to walk out of the hall during a matinee performance of this work.

The New York Times did not review the film upon release, but film critic Howard Thompson gave it a positive review on a re-release at a children's matinee with the Bugs Bunny short, Napoleon Bunny-Part, in December 1970.

She introduced the future director, the middle of three children, to the world of cinema by leaving him at a local cinema to watch matinee double features such as Attack of the Crab Monsters and Creature From the Black Lagoon while she ran errands.

A matinee length, measuring 20 to 24 inches or 50 to 60 cm in length, falls just above the breasts.

In 1961-62, during the long pauses between the matinee and the evening show of Treasure Island, Milligan began talking to Miles about the idea he and John Antrobus were exploring of a dramatized post-nuclear world.

Don recounts to Nat how he met Helen three years earlier at the Metropolitan Opera after a matinee performance of La Traviata.

Because of the unusual length of the play ( over three hours ), prior to the opening a matinee company was also hired that performed twice a week and featured Kate Reid as Martha, Shepperd Strudwick as George, Avra Petrides as Honey and Bill Berger as Nick.

The couple were engaged in May 1923 and married on September 10 of that year between the matinee and evening performances of his show.

But it wasn't just them who had enough ; headlining Pinkpop on May 23 the band were targeted with apples for selling out to the teen-mags and turning the festival into a children's matinee.

Due to overwhelming interest a second one was added as a matinee.

Carte publicised the piece by presenting a matinee concert performance on 6 July 1878 at the enormous Crystal Palace.

After seeing her dance in a matinee performance of Swan Lake, Lermontov realises her potential and invites Vicky to go with the company to Paris and Monte Carlo.

Along with first run films, the theater also shows classic films and has a children's matinee on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Act Two portrays a Wednesday matinee performance one month later, at the ( again fictional ) Theatre Royal in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Wednesday and Saturday matinee available.

New initiatives included four Saturday matinee concerts at the Cadogan Hall and the chance for audience members to get involved with The Voice, a collaborative piece performed in two Proms on 29 July.

The series also included an additional series of four Saturday matinee concerts at Cadogan Hall.

* Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O ' Neill's first full-length play, opens at a special matinee at the Morosco Theater on February 2 – partly as an experiment on the part of the producer, partly to quiet the pleading of actor Richard Bennett who has demanded a chance to play the lead role.