Movies: Vaudeville act

  • 1940
    If I Had My Way

    If I Had My Way (1940)

    If I Had My Way

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    Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York to look for the girl's uncle. The trio soon unexpec...

    If I Had My Way
  • 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
    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
  • 1902
    Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs

    Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs (1902)

    Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs

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    A woman shows off her trained dogs....

    Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs
  • 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
    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
  • 2003
    The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

    The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (2003)

    The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

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    Long Tack Sam was an internationally renowned Chinese acrobat and magician. He overcame isolation, poverty, cultural and linguistic barriers, extreme racism and world wars to become one of the most successful vaudeville acts of his time. His showmans...

    The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
  • 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
  • 1928
    The Cowboy and the Girl

    The Cowboy and the Girl (1928)

    The Cowboy and the Girl

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    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 Cowboy and the Girl
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1919
    Animal Act with Baboon, Dog and Donkey

    Animal Act with Baboon, Dog and Donkey (1919)

    Animal Act with Baboon, Dog and Donkey

    31919HD

    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
  • 1894
    Chinese Laundry Scene

    Chinese Laundry Scene (1894)

    Chinese Laundry Scene

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

    Chinese Laundry Scene
  • 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
  • 1901
    The Gordon Sisters Boxing

    The Gordon Sisters Boxing (1901)

    The Gordon Sisters Boxing

    5.51901HD

    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
  • 1969
    Faux Feathers

    Faux Feathers (1969)

    Faux Feathers

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    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...

    Faux Feathers