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American Vaudeville As Seen By Its Contemporaries

Charles W. Stein

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Description:A compellation of articles, excerpts from books, etc. that refer to the Golden Age of Vaudeville by the people who were there, wrote the reviews, and quite a lot of the ones who made it great.Divided into five sections: Beginnings. The Golden Years, Some of the Great Ones, Impact on American Life, and Decline, it's the last that will break your heart. Have tissues handy.Contents: In the days of variety / Bert Lowry -- Lillian Russell's reminiscences -- The vogue of the vaudeville / B.F. Keith -- The vaudeville theatre / Edwin Milton Royle -- The life of a vaudeville artiste / Norman Hapgood -- A vaudeville turn / Cyrus Townsend Brady -- A week of "one night stands" / Bennet Musson -- The decay of vaudeville -- On vaudeville / William Dean Howells -- Vaudeville versus musical comedy / William Gould -- What I don't know about vaudeville / Acton Davies -- Two great ladies of the theatre play vaudeville / Ethel Barrymore, Mrs. Patrick Campbell -- Twenty-six weeks in vaudeville: learning things I have never forgotten / Alfred Lunt -- In vaudeville / Hartley Davis -- The golden age of vaudeville / Ludwig Lewisohn -- The business side of vaudeville / Hartley Davis -- The facts of vaudeville / Alfred L. Bernheim -- The original eight / George Fuller Golden -- Vaudeville is reconstructed and establishes its own supreme court / Walter J. Kingsley -- Children of the stage / Elbridge T. Gerry -- Buster Keaton and Elsie Janis clash with the Gerry Society / Buster Keaton, Elsie Janis -- You ought to go on the stage / Edward F. Albee -- Browsing for vaudeville talent -- Tryout nights for aspirants to Broadway's favor -- The mechanics of vaudeville / Marian Spitzer -- Psychology of the American vaudeville show from the manager's point of view / George Gottlieb -- The two-act as seen in typical vaudeville skits / Brett Page, Milton Berle -- A potpourri of vaudeville jokes / I. and M. Ottenheimer -- The wow finish / Walter De Leon -- Vaudeville music / Caroline Caffin -- Twenty years of vaudeville / Edward F. Albee -- The people of vaudeville / Marian Spitzer -- A pair of hoofers / Fred Astaire, James Cagney -- The original and the echo / Bert Williams, Eddie Leonard -- Two jugglers turned comedians / W.C. Fields, Fred Allen -- A pair of famous acrobats / Fred Stone, Joe E. Brown -- Two who sang for their supper / Norma Bayes, Harry Richman -- A funny lady and a sex symbol / Fanny Brice, Mae West -- Two brothers who made their marks / Groucho and Harpo Marx -- Making it to the follies / Will Rogers, Eddie Cantor -- Legit and vaude / George M. Cohan, Eddie Foy -- A trio of immortals / George Burns, Bob Hope, Milton Berle -- Social welfare as vaudeville -- Child labor in the nickel theater / Maurice Willows -- Morals in the two-a-day / Marian Spitzer -- The vaudeville philosopher / Marshall D. Beuick -- The menace of the movies / Harold Edwards -- Marvels of the future / Robert Grau -- The motion picture and vaudeville / Marcus Loew -- The passing of vaudeville / W.A.S. Douglas -- Where's vaudeville at? / Nick Grinde -- The end of the two-a-day / Sarah Addington -- Critics analyze vaudeville's chances / Brooks Atkinson, Robert Sylvester, Ashton Stevens -- Three intellectuals plead for vaudeville / Alexander Bakshy, Mary Cass Canfield, Edward Reed -- Two superstars lament the passing of vaudeville / Fred Allen, Alfred Lunt.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Vaudeville As Seen By Its Contemporaries. To get started finding American Vaudeville As Seen By Its Contemporaries, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A compellation of articles, excerpts from books, etc. that refer to the Golden Age of Vaudeville by the people who were there, wrote the reviews, and quite a lot of the ones who made it great.Divided into five sections: Beginnings. The Golden Years, Some of the Great Ones, Impact on American Life, and Decline, it's the last that will break your heart. Have tissues handy.Contents: In the days of variety / Bert Lowry -- Lillian Russell's reminiscences -- The vogue of the vaudeville / B.F. Keith -- The vaudeville theatre / Edwin Milton Royle -- The life of a vaudeville artiste / Norman Hapgood -- A vaudeville turn / Cyrus Townsend Brady -- A week of "one night stands" / Bennet Musson -- The decay of vaudeville -- On vaudeville / William Dean Howells -- Vaudeville versus musical comedy / William Gould -- What I don't know about vaudeville / Acton Davies -- Two great ladies of the theatre play vaudeville / Ethel Barrymore, Mrs. Patrick Campbell -- Twenty-six weeks in vaudeville: learning things I have never forgotten / Alfred Lunt -- In vaudeville / Hartley Davis -- The golden age of vaudeville / Ludwig Lewisohn -- The business side of vaudeville / Hartley Davis -- The facts of vaudeville / Alfred L. Bernheim -- The original eight / George Fuller Golden -- Vaudeville is reconstructed and establishes its own supreme court / Walter J. Kingsley -- Children of the stage / Elbridge T. Gerry -- Buster Keaton and Elsie Janis clash with the Gerry Society / Buster Keaton, Elsie Janis -- You ought to go on the stage / Edward F. Albee -- Browsing for vaudeville talent -- Tryout nights for aspirants to Broadway's favor -- The mechanics of vaudeville / Marian Spitzer -- Psychology of the American vaudeville show from the manager's point of view / George Gottlieb -- The two-act as seen in typical vaudeville skits / Brett Page, Milton Berle -- A potpourri of vaudeville jokes / I. and M. Ottenheimer -- The wow finish / Walter De Leon -- Vaudeville music / Caroline Caffin -- Twenty years of vaudeville / Edward F. Albee -- The people of vaudeville / Marian Spitzer -- A pair of hoofers / Fred Astaire, James Cagney -- The original and the echo / Bert Williams, Eddie Leonard -- Two jugglers turned comedians / W.C. Fields, Fred Allen -- A pair of famous acrobats / Fred Stone, Joe E. Brown -- Two who sang for their supper / Norma Bayes, Harry Richman -- A funny lady and a sex symbol / Fanny Brice, Mae West -- Two brothers who made their marks / Groucho and Harpo Marx -- Making it to the follies / Will Rogers, Eddie Cantor -- Legit and vaude / George M. Cohan, Eddie Foy -- A trio of immortals / George Burns, Bob Hope, Milton Berle -- Social welfare as vaudeville -- Child labor in the nickel theater / Maurice Willows -- Morals in the two-a-day / Marian Spitzer -- The vaudeville philosopher / Marshall D. Beuick -- The menace of the movies / Harold Edwards -- Marvels of the future / Robert Grau -- The motion picture and vaudeville / Marcus Loew -- The passing of vaudeville / W.A.S. Douglas -- Where's vaudeville at? / Nick Grinde -- The end of the two-a-day / Sarah Addington -- Critics analyze vaudeville's chances / Brooks Atkinson, Robert Sylvester, Ashton Stevens -- Three intellectuals plead for vaudeville / Alexander Bakshy, Mary Cass Canfield, Edward Reed -- Two superstars lament the passing of vaudeville / Fred Allen, Alfred Lunt.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Vaudeville As Seen By Its Contemporaries. To get started finding American Vaudeville As Seen By Its Contemporaries, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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