This biography of vaudeville comedian Joe Frisco captures the world of show business in its transition from the heyday of vaudeville through film and radio to the early years of television.
As Paul M. Levitt tells us, Joe Frisco in his day was so famous for his jazz dance thatF. Scott Fitzgerald mentions him when describing one of Gatsby s parties: "Suddenly one of these gypsies in trembling opal seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and moving her hands like Frisco dances out alone on the canvas platform."
Seeking to reintroduce this spontaneous and original wit...
This biography of vaudeville comedian Joe Frisco captures the world of show business in its transition from the heyday of vaudeville through film a...
"Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry "contains vaudeville jokes, skits, and routines from the first three decades of the twentieth century originally compiled by comedian Ed Lowry (18961983). Although occasionally found in bits and pieces in anthologies and in some period dramatic comedies, vaudeville humor has never before been available in one collectionperformers rarely if ever kept a record of their jokes and routines. Fortunately, Ed Lowry was an inveterate collector. He kept copious notebooks of jokes and routines that he not only commissioned but also...
"Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry "contains vaudeville jokes, skits, and routines from the first three decades o...
An entertaining record of a life and a time Ed Lowry joined the vaudeville circuit in 1910 at the age of fourteen. He never achieved stardom equal to the likes of Fred Allen, Jack Benny, George Burns, Buster Keaton, or Eddie Cantor, and he never considered himself an artiste. Instead, he saw himself as a hoofer and comic simply trying to make a living on the vaude scene. "My Life in Vaudeville" recounts Lowry s long career in entertainment from the viewpoint of a foot soldier with a big dream. Lowry s story begins in the heyday of vaudeville in the early twentieth century and follows its...
An entertaining record of a life and a time Ed Lowry joined the vaudeville circuit in 1910 at the age of fourteen. He never achieved stardom equal...
