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Elected mayor on June 2, 1913, Albee was the first mayor to preside over Portland's commission form of government, which had been approved by only a very small fraction more than a majority of city voters on May 3. [5] A recall effort against him and two commissioners in 1914 was unsuccessful.
Many entertainers considered Albee's tactics tyrannical. Groucho Marx referred to the United Bookings Office as "Albee's Gestapo". [8]Joe Frisco summed up the impression of power Albee made; exiting Albee's office into a street under construction, his agent wondered why the street was being torn up and Frisco quipped, "Albee's kid lost his ball."
Prior to Keith's death in 1914, his 29 theaters were acquired by his son, A. Paul Keith, and the circuit's longtime general manager, Edward F. Albee. [12] Albee took full control following the younger Keith's death in 1918. [13] In 1928, the theaters owned by Albee and the Orpheum Circuit merged to form the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuit. The ...
A small crib recall of the Sorelle brand Prescott model by Albee Baby revealed a disturbing and potentially dangerous problem: the cribs were actually made by the most infamous manufacturer of ...
The Vaudeville Managers Association (VMA) was a cartel of managers of American vaudeville theaters established in 1900, dominated by the Boston-based Keith-Albee chain. . Soon afterwards the Western Vaudeville Managers Association (WVMA) was formed as a cartel of theater owners in Chicago and the west, dominated by the Orpheum Cir
One Willoughby Square (originally 420 Albee Square), styled as 1WSQ, [2] is an office building under construction in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. [3] The building is being developed by JEMB Realty, and current plans have been drafted by FXCollaborative .
Albee used the new Combine agreement to gain control of the Orpheum’s Palace Theater which opened under Beck and the Orpheum's control in 1913. He threatened to take legal action against Meyerfeld and Beck claiming that their ownership of the Palace was a violation of their new territorial agreement.
The Vaudeville News (1920–1926) was a weekly newspaper created by the Vaudeville tycoon E.F. Albee in 1920. [1] It was intended for Vaudeville actors and their managers to provide news, information, and advertising to those in the business. The newspaper merged with the New York Star (founded 1908) in 1926. [2]