Movies: Vaudeville act

Buenos Aires, 1994. Memé Tizou is a famous vedette whose name shines brightly on the marquee of Corrientes Avenue, at least until the show’s producer, Armando, announces the decision to hire a younger woman. This decision leaves Memé confronted with...

The scene is a parlor out West, with Ray Mayer sitting at the piano in is cowboy duds - hat, scarf, and chaps. He plays a little barrel-house music and then introduces Edith Evans, who enters wearing fur. She sings - her voice a light-opera soprano -...

The comedy team of Jack Born and Elmer Lawrence perform their vaudeville act....

An "Out of the Inkwell" cartoon featuring Ko-Ko the Clown....

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman....

Jack Waldron performs his stand-up vaudeville act....

The 'Debutantes' are an all female orchestra led and directed by Harry Wayman doing some musical and dancing routines, Harrry accompanies with the violin....

Vaudeville team Shaw & Lee sing songs and tell jokes in hilarious deadpan....

A woman shows off her trained dogs....

Eddie White performs his vaudeville act....

Vaudeville act performed by husband and wife team Russ Brown and Jean Whitaker....

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another dancing in a costume, which was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme was identified as being from this film....

Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight....

The champion lady boxers of the world. Shows two female pugilists who are really clever. They engage in a hot one-round sparring bout. A park, with marble entrance and walk, and beautiful trees and shrubbery, make a very pleasing background. The exhi...

Two men box in a comedic manner, with the film opening as one man in a cap punches the other and then ducks behind him....

Opens on a closeup of a baboon "playing" a violin, then cuts to a medium shot of the same. The baboon wears a white short-sleeved shirt with a loose bow tie and tweed pants. Cuts to a closeup of the baboon in a circular mask or iris effect, without t...