Stanley Lupino born on the 15th of May 1894

On the 15th of May 1894 the Music Hall performer and early film star Stanley Lupino was born. Lupino can explain the early part of him life in the following video from British Pathe. For those who wish not to hear him talk about it himself, I will do my best to describe the life of this wonderful performer. Lupino was born into the famous Lupino performing family, his father was the actor George Lupino and his brother was the famous Music Hall act 'Little Nipper' Lupino Lane, and made his debut as an acrobat in 1913. Stanley went onto work at Drury Lane in Pantomime and carve out a comic career. During the interwar years Lupino began writing his own shows to star in, first at the London Pavillion and then at the Gaiety Theatre, before beginning his film career with a film directed by his brother Lupino Lane. Thanks to the popularity of film Stanley became a well loved character and a crossover star who had a great future ahead of him but in 1942 at the age of 49 he suddenly passed away. He left a daughter, Ida, who was also an actress but developed into a great film director in the 1950s, she was one of the only female directors in Hollywood during that era, and was only the second woman to ever be inducted into the Director's Guild. 

STANLEY LUPINO