In the early days of talkies, Warner Brothers hired some of the top variety stars of the day to create "living sound" recordings of their acts. This Vaudeville and Vitaphone series of rarely-seen ...

When it was built in 1925, it was known as the Hillsboro Theater. 100 years later, it's the Belcourt Theatre and it is ...

UCLA Film and Television Archive rings in 2011 with its monthlong “Mixed Nuts: Vaudeville in Film” series. It pays homage to the comedic greats who hailed from vaudeville and found success in early ...

Vaudeville stars in Winona. A glass blower. A documentarian and MN biggest candy store. Some stars from Vaudeville and silent film shine in Winona. A glass blower (and some would say performer) Peter ...

Ozarks Lyric Opera’s production of Pagliacci will begin with the traditional entrance of the troupe along with the famous “Vesti la giubba” clown aria, and a three-minute film of the cast, ...

Martha Mansfield's films have largely been "lost in time." Matt Ferraz wants to make sure her story doesn't suffer the same fate. A native of Brazil, Ferraz has written a number of books. He also ...

The University of Arizona School of Theater, Film & Television’s costume vault is an underground maze of corsets, vests, fluffy skirts, ball gowns and trench coats. Cubbies are labeled as specifically ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Virtually every West Michigan community has an interesting story to tell. Grand Rapids is “Furniture City” and “Beer City, USA.” But plenty of smaller cities have things that ...

Famed theater impresario Sid Grauman got his start establishing the Unique Vaudeville & Film Circuit for his Unique Theatre chain in San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz and Watsonville. He ended up ...

One way to get a sense of the changes showbiz underwent over the decades is to glance at the ads that graced the paper. From the beginning, the weekly edition of Variety was chock-a-block with blurbs ...