Vaudeville Hangs On in 1943

Vaudeville Hangs On in 1943

Juni 16, 2011
downtown movie houses, Johnny Eager, Lana Turner, movie theaters, Robert Taylor, vaudeville, World War II

The Death of Vaudeville gets mentioned from time to time in movies of the 1930s, but here in Holyoke, Massachusetts (and not a few other pla...

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 1

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 1

Juli 03, 2007
Fay Templeton, Franklin Roosevelt, George M. Cohan, Independence Day, James Cagney, Jeanne Cagney, Michael Curtiz, Rosemary DeCamp, vaudeville, Walter Huston, William Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy

For Independence Day here in the U.S., today and tomorrow will be a nod to “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (1942) a fast-paced film that captures thre...

New Charlotte Greenwood Biography

New Charlotte Greenwood Biography

Juni 11, 2007
Charlotte Greenwood, Down Argenetine Way, Famous Players, Grant Hayter-Menzies, Jesse Lasky, Oklahoma, Shirley Jones, So Long Letty, The Gang's All Here, vaudeville

Charlotte Greenwood, in her day one of the foremost comediennes of stage and film, is finally the subject of a biography. Grant Hayter-Menzi...