A Pemberton

Does anyone know of a theatre, film or any recollection of Jack Warner working as a trio or on the same bill with his sisters in a vaudville type act/show .This would probably been around 1935-45.

Thanks

Steve Crook

There aren't any films recorded on the IMDb where all three performed together. There are quite a few with just Elsie & Doris as Gert & Dasie. Like Radio Parade (1933), Gert and Daisy Clean Up (1942), Gert and Daisy's Weekend (1942), It's in the Bag (1944) and the TV series "Gert and Daisy" (1959).

Steve

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Didn't he fall out with them? Maybe something to do with their both having an affair with the same man?

plasticjock

Jack, Elsie & Doris appeared many times in the theatre concert party 'Fol-De-Rols' which ran for over sixty years. Many lesser variety artists had reason to be thankful for that 'rolling' production for providing them with an income when work was thin on the ground.
Whether Jack and his sisters ever appeared together I couldn't say but Max Tyler is the official historian for The British Music Hall Society and may be able to help you with your request. He can be contacted here:
maxt@hist.freeserve.co.uk

A Pemberton

Thanks for the replies from all and the email link plasticjock ,I will give it a try,I have anecdotal evidence of a relative meeting all three at our local Hippodrome and a chat and a story of working together but I have no date,best guess is early war years, or type of project they were doing .

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Marky B

Elsie and Doris Water (Gert & Daisy) used to live in Steyning,West Sussex,where my auntie and uncle live. Also Sir Laurence Olivier lived in a nearby village - I believe it was Ashurst.
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AMP

Before the sisters developed their own act all the Waters clan played concerts together – the eldest brother played the trumpet, Jack played the viola, Bernard played the fiddle, Leslie was a percussionist, Elsie played the violin and Doris the piano.

Jack Warner did feature on a radio programme called the Garrison Theatre (presumably from the theatre itself in Tidworth, Wiltshire) in 1940 with both his sisters also appearing. Dick Henderson, Olive Fox and Clarkson Rose were also on the bill.

Nick Dando

There was a very interesting programme on BBC Radio Four last week about Jack Warner - Jack of All Trades - to tie-in with the new series of Dixon of Dock Green currently being broadcast (this features David Calder as George Dixon, and the first series had David Tennant as Andy Crawford; the new series has Hamish Clark as Andy). Presented by Peter Byrne, who played Andy Crawford in the original Dixon of Dock Green, it features a history of the man, and how he came to represent a lost world of policing. Interviewees are Matthew Sweet, Susan Sidney-Smith, Bill Pertwee, Ray Charles (but without Lord Charles) and Michael Bond (yes, the man who created Paddington Bear - he was a cameraman on Dixon). There is even a little bit of Dirk Bogarde, just for Barbara.
I recorded this on Minidisc and have copied it CD. If anyone is interested, drop me a line.

Nick

A Pemberton

Jack Warners autobiography ,also called "Jack of all Trades" is on my inter library borrowing list but havent got round to ordering it yet. It looks a good read.
One question on Jack that I would like to know is the myth true that Jack was the highest paid British actor ever ,of course allowing for inflation now and the relevent time??
Does anyone know?

John Llewellyn Moxey

He was a good family friend. He presented my brother and I new Raleigh bicycles, with sturmy archer 3 speeds! That was linked to his phrase "Mind my bike". He did a music hall act with Geoff Darnell, in his earlier years, and sold expensive motor cars, at one time.
A very nice and funny gentleman. I have no idea about him being the highest paid british actor. John Llewellyn

John Llewellyn Moxey

He was a good family friend. He presented my brother and I new Raleigh bicycles, with sturmy archer 3 speeds! That was liked to his phrase " Mind my bike ". He also did an act with Geoff Darnell, in his earlier years. He sold expensive motor cars, at one time.
A very nice and funny gentleman.

A Pemberton

@Nick Dando
Thanks for the cd, it partly answers the question why I started this thread .
During the Second world war the BBC moved to Bristol and Jack came with them.This ties in with the anecdotal evidence of seeing Jack in and around the Bristol Hippodrome during wartime.

Cuffy

I recently managed to track down an ex-library copy of "Jack of all Trades" by Jack Warner, and it's one of the few titles that has earned ia permanent place on my bookshelf.

It's a good read that I highly recommend and contains some very amusing anecdotes. I found it quite moving towards the end though - knowing that show only ran for a couple of years after the book was published, I felt a touch of sadness as he wrote of his desire to play the part of Dixon for as long as he was allowed to do so.

I'm not old enough to remember Dixon as such, but am a huge fan of Jigsaw and The Blue Lamp.

dennia

Hi Nick, unfortunately I missed the programme on Jack Warner and would very much like a copy on Minidis if possible.
I did see Garrison Theatre during the War either in Dunstable or Luton, remember his 'mind my bike' but for the life of me cant remember the name of his 'little gal', do you remember.

WickedLadyKiller

During the war, Jack Warner was lined up to star in a Five Minute Film for the Ministry of Information called, after one of his catch phrases, "a Rill Mill" (i.e. a real meal). The film would have taken the form of a (how-not-to) cookery demonstration. The MoI pulled out, stating that they thought using humour to put across serious points might undermine the aim of the film, namely the promotion of food awareness.

This is ironic, given that Elsie and Doris Waters, as Gert and Daisy, did a massive amount of work for the Ministry of Food during the war (e.g. the Kutchen Front broadcasts on the BBC), most often using humour to create a link with their audience.