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  1. Curtain Calls

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Soanes, Wood
    Date: Feb. 5, 1929
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Drag kings
    Subject: Ben Dillon, Ella Shields

  2. Ella Shields (1937)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 7, 1937
    Topics: Characters, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Songs
    Subject: Ella Shields
    Description: Ella Shields, cross dressed and with glasses, singing `I'm Not All There' seated at office desk with several telephones and papers on it.

  3. London's Ideal of Ideals: Ella Shields

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1928
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag kings
    Subject: Ella Shields

  4. Miss Ella Shields (1930)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 15, 1930
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Male impersonators, Songs
    Subject: Ella Shields
    Description: Ella Shields - male impersonator - dressed in top hat and tails, enters Palm Court type set, goes to a telephone and asks "Do I want a line? - Yes, I want a line, I want Sweet Adeline". She then si...

  5. Show Me the Way to Go Home

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: King, Irving
    Date: 1925
    Topics: Male impersonators, Music, Musicians
    Subject: Ella Shields