Vaudeville

theatrical experience and build a new audience. They want to leave their viewers changed. It is clear that they are well on their way since their style and presentation is like none other. Borrowing from the world of comedy, with a splash of old vaudeville, the Gothic arts, American storytelling and vintage art forms, they create a seamless montage of…

replaced with girls, then Herbie leaves and the world of vaudeville turns into the world of burlesque and women become central (Wolf, 2002). This next section will look at the central mother-daughter relationship between Rose and Louise but not before we briefly look at the relationship with June. June is the favourite child, on whom Rose dotes. She is the ‘star’ on which Rose hangs all her dreams of stardom, but June hates performing vaudeville and always has, preferring to be a real actress.…

Josephine was born as Freda Josephine McDonald. Her mother, Carrie McDonald Was a washer woman who gave up her dream of being a dancer. Her father Eddie Carson was a vaudeville drummer who abandoned her shortly after her birth. To help support her family at age eight josephine cleaned houses and babysat for wealthy white Families. She was forced to sleep in the coal cellar with a pet dog and was scalded on the hands when…

People like to romanticize Hollywood, California with its shiny light and stars, but they love to romanticize old fashion Hollywood. For the Pantages Theater, this is where you get to feel like a star because when you see the bright light and the word Pantages Theater flashing then that how people know they are in Hollywood. The Pantages is one of the many outstanding landmarks in Hollywood. The Pantages opened on June 4, 1930, and was managed by Rodney and Lloyd Pantages, with a huge excitement…

narrative. Huber illustrates how Charlie Poole and “the North Carolina Ramblers did record traditional southern fiddle tunes and ballads, the majority of the band’s recorded output consisted of arrangements of turn-of-the-century “coon songs,” vaudeville numbers, and sentimental parlor pieces such as “Leaving Home,” “There’ll Come a Time,” and “He Rambled,” which the band rendered as spirited dance…

where did she come from. She was born June 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN. Her real name was Frances Gumm. Her family was rather odd. Her father was Francis Avent Gumm who was a Vaudeville performer, and a closeted homo. Which got them kicked out of several towns. Her mother was Ethel Marion Milne and she, too, was a Vaudeville performer, who forced her daughter into stardom. She had two siblings. The first was Dorothy Virginia Gumm, who was born July 4, 1917, and died May 27, 1977. The second…

The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century was an era of radical ideas that lead to the rapid creation and transformation of several new music genres including the blues. African-American were not allowed to record many songs until the rise of race records which were “records manufactured to present separate lines of material targeted at African American consumers” (Wald). There were several African-American women, including Gladys Bentley, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Bessie Smith,…

American was an industrial powerhouse, so his own first hand struggles in his earlier years was expressed in his music. This is why so many people could relate to him and his popularity raised exponentially. Jimmy would do live performances in Vaudeville with a brateman’s uniform as a way to play a character.…

Fred Astaire The turn of the 20th century represented the beginning of a new era that beared a critical influence on the way we entertain. The American culture went through a drastic metamorphosis by pushing conventional ideals to the limit. The style of jazz music emerged, inspiring newer styles of dance including tap dancing. A pivotal moment in the dawning of the age of jazz certainly can be traced to the sheer effervescence and charisma captured in the way Fred Astaire danced in the style…

bought a condo near the art museum for $125.000 In July 1997, Braxton moved to Dallas, Texas. So many institutions of small-town America—the local drugstore, the corner theater, the locally owned bookstore – have gone the way of the cowboy, and vaudeville theatre. I tell you, Dr. Turveydrop, these symptoms are quite alarming. Philip Roth’s novel, American Pastora , won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997. Tashonda gave two reasons for moving to Arizona; the high cost of rental property in the east, and…