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A vaudeville performer is sometimes known as a "vaudevillian". Comic duo consisting of William (Bud) Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) and Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959). Abbott began working in vaudeville in 1918, producing a "tab show" on the Gus Sun circuit with his wife.
A comic trio consisting of brothers Moe (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975) and Shemp Howard (March 4, 1895 – November 22, 1955), and friend Larry Fine (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975). Harmony singing trio consisting of Pearl Santos, Violet Hamilton, and Jessie Fordyce. Tennis player and monologist. Male impersonator.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado. / 39.54556°N 107.33472°W / 39.54556; -107.33472. Glenwood Springs is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. [ 6] The city population was 9,963 at the 2020 United States Census. [ 3]
Jesse Block was born in New York City. He started performing in vaudeville as a child, getting his first break as a member of Gus Edwards' Song Revue of 1915. Later, he developed a song-and-dance act and toured for four years as one half of a duo with Frances Dunlap. In 1926, he was introduced to Eve Sully by Bert Gordon.
Charlie Dale (left) and Joe Smith in a comedy sketch, filmed for Soundies movie jukeboxes (1941). Smith and Dale were a famous American vaudeville comedy duo. They consisted of Joe Smith (born Joseph Sultzer [1] [2] on February 17, 1884 – February 22, 1981) [3] and Charlie Dale (born Charles Marks [4] on September 6, 1881 – November 16, 1971), [5] who both grew up in the Lower East Side of ...
Gus Edwards (vaudevillian) Gustave Edwards (August 18, 1878 [1] – November 7, 1945) was an American composer, songwriter and film director. He also was a vaudevillian, organised his own theatre companies and was a music publisher.
Vaudeville (/ ˈ v ɔː d (ə) v ɪ l, ˈ v oʊ-/; [1] French:) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs or ballets.
Hellzapoppin is a musical revue written by the comedy team of Olsen and Johnson, consisting of John "Ole" Olsen and Harold "Chic" Johnson, with music and lyrics by Sammy Fain and Charles Tobias. The revue was a hit, running for over three years, and was at the time the longest-running Broadway musical, with 1,404 performances, [ 1] making it ...