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Tag Archives: Vaudeville
Kotsilibas-Davis’ Biography of Maurice Barrymore
Book Review Title: Great times, good times: The Odyssey of Maurice Barrymore Author: James Kotsilibas-Davis Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Inc. Date: January 1, 1977 ISBN: 978-0385049535 Author Kotsilibas-Davis is primarily a biographer, but he approaches his writing like a novelist. … Continue reading
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Fred Allen’s Much Ado about Me
Book Review Title: Much Ado About Me Author: Fred Allen Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Date: 1956 Fred Allen’s autobiographical Much Ado About Me serves up a smorgasbord of early-twentieth-century images and idioms that will satisfy anyone interested in the … Continue reading
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No Applause—Just Throw Money; Trav S.D.’s Book that Made Vaudeville Famous
Book Review Title: No Applause—Just Throw Money Author: Trav S.D. Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Date: October 31, 2006 No Applause—Just Throw Money blends the best of compelling storytelling with thorough, rigorous research. Author Trav S.D. (Donald Travis Stewart) traces … Continue reading
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