Pardoe Woodman Film Scrapbooks
This collection includes two scrapbooks comprised of more than fifty vintage still photographs, several promotional postcards, portrait photographs, and more than 100 newspaper and magazine clippings, all circa 1920s, belonging to the British born actor Pardoe Woodman. In the green scrapbook, there are numerous film stills from Woodman’s silent films, a handful of portrait photographs from professional studios, as well as one candid shot of the actor on horseback accompanied by a woman. The purple scrapbook consists of press clippings relating to reviews and advertisings of Woodman’s performances. Also included in the collection is a medical examination form from the Ministry of Pensions, dated 1922, when Woodman was in the army.
Dates
- 1910 October 8-1922 October 3
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Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 sheet music box)
Abstract
This collection includes two scrapbooks comprised of more than fifty vintage still photographs, several promotional postcards, portrait photographs, and more than 100 newspaper and magazine clippings, all circa 1920s, belonging to the British-born actor Pardoe Woodman.
Biographical/Historical Note
Woodman was born and educated in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. His pursuit of acting began on stage playing Shakespearean roles when he joined the Benson Company. Woodman made his first appearance on film in the 1919 silent film Nobody’s Child, directed and written by George Edwardes-Hall. The same year he starred in James Mackay’s Queen’s Evidence, also written by Edwardes-Hall, a silent film about a smuggler who believes his brother has betrayed him. Woodman was the star of seven silent films made between 1920 to 1921 and was a consistent stock player for Stoll Picture Productions during this time. His films include: The Tidal Wave, directed by Sinclair Hill, Desire, directed by Edwardes-Hall and based on an Honore de Balzac story, and adaptation of Jeffrey Farnol’s The Amateur Gentleman, directed by Maurice Elvey, also starring Cecil Humphreys, The Palace of Honour, directed by Sinclair Hill, The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown, directed by Sinclair Hill and based on E. Phillips Oppenheim’s novel, as well as being Woodman’s first lead role, A Gentleman of France, directed by Maurice Elvey, and The Mystery Road, directed by Paul Powell and based on another E. Phillips Oppenheim novel. In 1921, Woodman underwent surgery and stepped away from cinema for a time to recover. Back in better health again, he continued his acting career on the stage. In 1940, he appeared in Night Train to Munich, an uncredited role which was his only sound film performance.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a half box.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository