Vaudeville
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Series Four: Writing and Music, c. 1920s
This series includes sheet music; lyrics; poems; notes; scripts written and/or owned by Bert Byron; and a short story written by Dorothy Grey.
Series Two: Photographs, c. 1885-1960
Series includes promotional and portrait photos of Dolly Grey and Bert Byron as well as loose photos of Byron and his second wife Clara Dunn in Florida.
Spanish Dancer, between 1925-1932
Dancer (possibly Dorothy Bercu) in a male Spanish Dance costume. Dorothy and Harryette Bercu performed on the Vaudeville circuit in the 1920s and 1930s.
Vaudeville, 1925-1950
Vaudeville was a popular form of variety show in the United States from the 1890s through the 1930s. Many early well-known American Hollywood stars, such as W.C. Fields and Will Rogers, worked in Vaudeville, and a number of the early performers were Jewish. Dorothy and Harryette performed in Vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit from 1925-1928 and 1936-1939. This series contains costumes and musical instruments, a vaudeville poster, photographs, and records.
Vaudeville Program of the Day, 1928
Newspaper "Program of the Day" for Vaudeville show that included "Bercu Sisters, World Famous Dancers and Contortionists." On the back of the page is an 1928 add for the Marmon car.