Movies: Vaudeville act

  • 1928
    A Laugh or Two

    A Laugh or Two (1928)

    A Laugh or Two

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

    A Laugh or Two
  • 1940
    Puttin on the Act

    Puttin on the Act (1940)

    Puttin on the Act

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    Olive rushes over to show Popeye the headline: Vaudeville is coming back. They agree to rehearse their old act. After a brief song-and-dance intro, the act begins: Popeye demonstrating his strength while Olive displays her flexibility and balance; im...

    Puttin on the Act
  • 1901
    The Gordon Sisters Boxing

    The Gordon Sisters Boxing (1901)

    The Gordon Sisters Boxing

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    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...

    The Gordon Sisters Boxing
  • 1929
    You Don't Know the Half of It

    You Don't Know the Half of It (1929)

    You Don't Know the Half of It

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    A comedic team. The Ann seems to try and come across as a Mae West type. Jay plays the role of the straight partner....

    You Don't Know the Half of It
  • 1919
    Tom Tinker's Pony Patter

    Tom Tinker's Pony Patter (1919)

    Tom Tinker's Pony Patter

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    Camera iris opens to six ponies with decorated harnesses and plumed halters, standing in the center of a stage with a painted backdrop of mountains. Cuts to two ponies on a seesaw, with a moustached man in a white uniform with dark piping and a white...

    Tom Tinker's Pony Patter
  • 1928
    Chaz Chase, The Unique Comedian

    Chaz Chase, The Unique Comedian (1928)

    Chaz Chase, The Unique Comedian

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    Comedian Chaz Chase performs his vaudeville act....

    Chaz Chase, The Unique Comedian
  • 1934
    Picture Palace

    Picture Palace (1934)

    Picture Palace

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    In this Vitaphone Broadway Brevity musical short, Hal and Dawn work at the same vaudeville theater, where he's an usher, she's a chorus girl. When they both get fired, they form an act and vow to get back to their old theater, as performers....

    Picture Palace
  • 1929
    Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties

    Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties (1929)

    Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties

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    Harry Fox performs his vaudeville act....

    Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties
  • 1930
    Ben Bernie and His Orchestra

    Ben Bernie and His Orchestra (1930)

    Ben Bernie and His Orchestra

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    Ben Bernie and his orchestra play a few songs for a vitaphone recording....

    Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
  • 1929
    The Country Gentlemen

    The Country Gentlemen (1929)

    The Country Gentlemen

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

    The Country Gentlemen
  • 1895
    Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs

    Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs (1895)

    Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs

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    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....

    Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs
  • 1928
    I Thank You

    I Thank You (1928)

    I Thank You

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    Eddie White performs his vaudeville act....

    I Thank You
  • 1928
    A Breath of Broadway

    A Breath of Broadway (1928)

    A Breath of Broadway

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

    A Breath of Broadway
  • 1907
    Dancing Boxing Match, Montgomery and Stone

    Dancing Boxing Match, Montgomery and Stone (1907)

    Dancing Boxing Match, Montgomery and Stone

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    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....

    Dancing Boxing Match, Montgomery and Stone
  • 1928
    Harry Wayman and His 'Debutantes'

    Harry Wayman and His 'Debutantes' (1928)

    Harry Wayman and His 'Debutantes'

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

    Harry Wayman and His 'Debutantes'
  • 1919
    Animal Act with Baboon, Dog and Donkey

    Animal Act with Baboon, Dog and Donkey (1919)

    Animal Act with Baboon, Dog and Donkey

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    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...

    Animal Act with Baboon, Dog and Donkey