McMURDO LIGHTER A PRESENT TO JACK FROM NIP LUPINO LANE ACTOR

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Double your traffic. VINTAGE McMURDO CHROME LIGHTER PAT NO 590958 IN GOOD CONDITION AND WORKING ORDER NEEDS FUEL AND FLINT 3 X 2.3/4 X 1 INCHES ENGRAVED JACK FROM "NIP" LUPINO LANE free worldwide shipping/postage COULD IT HAVE BEEN A PRESENT TO JACK LLOYD? THEY WERE IN THE MOVIE SWORD POINTS IN 1928 Lupino Lane World War I was the beginning of the end to this growth spurt in British comedy. Will P. Kellino and Billy Merson's Homeland Films Syndicate were still turning out quality two and three reelers, made over the Boathouse Hotel in Kew. They featured the popular Merson himself, the Egbert brothers and Lupino Lane who had also worked for the John Bull Film Company in his earliest screen appearances.Lupino Lane (1892-1959) was born Henry George Lupino in London England, was a member of the extensive and multi-generation Lupino family of circus performers, acrobats and actors. Lane made his stage debut in 1896 and was well known in London's West End by 1913. A phenomenal acrobat rivalling Buster Keaton, he made many comedy shorts in the UK, Lane's family nickname for him was Nip, short for Nipper, and this was how he was sometimes billed on stage. He also used the name for one of his British film characters 'Little Nipper'.Lane's film career reached a larger audience after he temporarily moved to the US in 1922 with his brother read more

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