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For The Fun Of It
After Jack Payne turned impresario and launched a new variety show called "For The Fun Of It", he asked Art to join up with Donald Peers, Frankie Howerd and Max Bygraves along with many other entertainers. Thus Art's multi instrumentalist stage act began and Art teamed up with his wife Maisie (a dancer and show girl), and "For The Fun Of It" opened at the Sheffield Empire in Sheffield for sixteen weeks, followed by a different major city every week.
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Art
(two trumpets at once part of his act)
(publicity photo)
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"For The Fun Of It"
(Art playing St. Louis Blues on clarinet with wife Maisie at piano)
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"For The Fun Of It"
(Art on trumpet Maisie on guitar)
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"For The Fun Of It"
(Art holding mallets for xylophone, wife Maisie holding xylophone)
Command Performance
After the extensive run of "For The Fun Of It", Art did some ice shows and some Pantomimes and also led his own "Foulharmonic Orchestra" for the show "Ignorance Is Bliss". One of Art's fondest memories was the performance of "Cinderella" for King GeorgeVI and Queen Elizabeth at the Palladium in London.
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"Cinderella"
(command performance for King GeorgeVI and Queen Elizabeth at Palladium)
Art was "The Ugly Baron" and his wife Maisie was "Prince Charming"
A typical British Pantomime