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ok. Since you all are behaving yourselves so far I shall reward you with another. http://www.axcessmypics.com/photos/photo04/82/06/beeb7737c5f0.jpg Harry Geduld CHAPLINANIA : A COMMENTARY ON CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S 81 MOVIES. VOLUME I--THE KEYSTONE FILMS On the strength of your recommendation, I purchase...

It was fascinating running across articles on the Three Keatons, Marx Brothers, etc. during their vaudeville years. I have no idea if the "Billboard" library is still housed there. I'd truly enjoy browsing through those very rare publications again. Jim K BILLBOARD (called "The Billb...

(Wildly waiving hand in air) Oooh! Oooh! I know! I know! Because James Agee told us so sixty years ago! ("Comedy's Greatest Era," LIFE Magazine, Issue of September 5, 1949) Now that we've had the "smart-assery by the Pros", I'd like to take a serious and hopefully non-pedantic st...

Here's a lengthy description of the act from the Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Reporter of April 3, 1914: Colonial Bill Pleases Large Crowd. Swains Rats and Cats, the feature act of an excellent bill, opening at the Colonial last night, proved to be one of the most entertaining animal acts ever seen h...

Steve, have you ever run across anything documenting the act called Swayne's Rats and Cats? Groucho Marx and George Burns both taked about what an amazing act that was, but it isn't mentioned in Joe Laurie Jr.'s big vaudeville history, or in any other source I've seen. Can we really document that t...