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In 1931 Courtneidge and Hulbert suffered a serious setback when they discovered that their financial manager had been speculating with their money, suffering heavy losses and putting their business into liquidation. Hulbert accepted responsibility for all the business's debts and undertook to repay
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came into force and Hulbert was expecting to be conscripted into the army for the remainder of the conflict. However, he appears to have been exempted. In June 1916, Hulbert and Courtneidge were appearing together in a sketch called “A Lucky Mistake”, and in December 1916 he was appearing at the
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commented that "Mr. Jack Hulbert, Miss Winnie Melville, and Miss Irene Greville also stay on at this same munition factory for high explosives of laughter". After the war, Hulbert continued his career in the theatre.
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Hulbert's popularity waned as the 1930s came to an end, and after the war he and his wife continued to entertain chiefly on stage. In 1951 he appeared in the West End in
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His marriage to Cicely Courtneidge lasted for 62 years until his death. Their relationship is mentioned in the British television series
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After Cambridge, he earned recognition and fame performing in musicals and light comedies. However the
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The show's success depended upon the exceptional talents of Beatrice Lillie and Jack Hulbert (Times)
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Jack Hulbert & Cicely Courtneidge archive, Theatre Collection, University of Bristol
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Comedy Revue in "See-Saw". In May 1917, he opened at the Comedy in "Bubbly", and the
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The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performances and Personnel.
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delayed his rise to fame; on 14 February 1916, while still an actor, he married
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In 1936 exhibitors voted him the third most popular British film star.
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Register of Marriages Solemnized at St Paul’s Church, Hampstead,
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British actor, director, screenwriter and singer (1892–1978)
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Photo of card in Wills's cigarette album circa 1934
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Allan Warren
Ely, Cambridgeshire
London
Cicely Courtneidge
Cicely Courtneidge

Ely
Claude Hulbert
Westminster School
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Cambridge Footlights
First World War
Cicely Courtneidge
Robert Courtneidge
Hampstead
Military Service Act 1916
Elstree Calling
Bulldog Drummond

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